" Carrots improve your night vision . It was a ' fact ' promoted by the Allies during WW2 to hide their excogitation of microwave radar . "
People will believeanything —and, to make matters worse, they’ll usually go around and tell everyone what they just learned too, even if it’s complete B.S.
Redditor u/Clear-Type5753recently asked the people of Reddit, “What’s a ‘fact’ that has been actively disproven, yet people still spread it?” If you’ve been spreading any of these around — please, stop:
1.“That you have towait 24 hoursto file a missing persons report. I can’t tell you how many people call 911 after their child or partner has been missing for that long.”
— u / Calfee911
2.“Scientistsdon’t knowhow bees fly.”
— u / GeorgeCabana
3.“As a dietitian, it drives me nuts when people say thaticeberg lettuceis devoid of nutrition. A typical serving of 100 grams provides 17% of your daily Vitamin A and 20% of your Vitamin K requirements, all for just 14 calories. Plus, it’s a good source of potassium, manganese, and fiber. So, it’s far from being ‘just water.’ There’s definitely nutritional value there.”
— u / awkwardcamelid
4.“Cracking your knuckles causesarthritis.”
— u / bootygoon2
5.“Gum stays in your intestines forseven yearsif you swallow it.”
— uracil / cierramkh
6.“Strangers will give me free drugs on street corners and in Halloween candy.”
— u / MaryTWilliamsa
7.“The misconception that humans only use10%of their brains, which has been debunked by neuroscience. In reality, various parts of the brain have specific functions, and most of the brain is active at different times.”
— u / Solo - Yolo27
8.“That you cancatch a coldfrom being outside in the cold. You become more susceptible, but the actual cold is a virus you can only catch from other people.”
— u / Funkytownn
9.“Carrots improve your night vision. It was a ‘fact’ promoted by the Allies during WW2 to hide theirinvention of radar. All those British pilots are downing German bombers at night because they eat so many carrots! Totally not because we have a device that lets us see them day or night from dozens of miles away.”
— atomic number 92 / JimTheJerseyGuy
10.“If you shave facial hair itgrows back thicker.”
— uranium / Plenty_Anywhere8984
11.“The wholealpha wolfthing.”
— u / aguadiablo
12.“That, on average, youswalloweight spiders a year.”
— u / tastygrowth
13.“That MSG isbad for youin any way.”
— u / Resistant - Insomnia
14.“That peopleonly lived to age 30in the past. I can’t believe how often people still mention this misconception. Average mortality rate ≠ individual life expectancy.”
— u / ink-black - skies
15.“Vaccines causeautism.”
— uracil / cos
16.“People love to talk about how pandas areincapable of surviving, and so evolutionarily incompetent that they need to be goaded into even reproducing. In fact, pandas are very highly specialized and adapted to an ecological niche that was never under threat until human intervention. It’s not their fault that animals act weird when transplanted from their homes.”
— atomic number 92 / itmustbemitch
17.“You must drink 3 liters of water every day to maintain your health. There is no scientific basis for this ‘fact,’ andoverindulgence can be dangerous.”
— u / Live - Dance-2641
18.“That ourblood is bluebefore it reaches oxygen.”
— u / JannaWing
19.“ThatNapoleon was short. He was actually of average height. The power of propaganda is immense.”
— u / Diablix
And finally…
20.“It’sillegalto talk about how much you’re paid.”
— u / mynamesamazing
These entry were edit for duration and clarity .
