Great delusions of mankind. The most common myths and misconceptions that people mistakenly believe Bats are blind

Great delusions of mankind​

1. Adam and Eve.

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There is a belief that Eve bit the apple of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. So they write in books, draw on canvases, so everyone says. However, the Bible itself did not say that the fruit of knowledge is an apple. Moreover, in the Middle East, apple trees did not grow at all. Scientists suggest that Eve tasted the fruit of a fig tree, the leaves of which Adam and Eve covered themselves after they tasted the fruit.
There is another common misconception that Eve was created from Adam's rib. What prevented the creation of the first woman from clay, as they did with Adam, is not clear. This misunderstanding arose as a result of a common misunderstanding. There was a similar belief in Mesopotamia. According to cuneiform tablets found on the ruins of Babylon, it became known that according to one Sumerian myth, the god Enki had a rib. To cure the deity of this disease, the goddess Ninti was called to help. The word "ti" means "rib". Thus the name of the goddess could be deciphered as "a woman from the rib", but the word "ninti" can also mean "to give life." The ancient Hebrew tribes replaced Ninti with Eve, the foremother of mankind, "the woman who gives life." But it turned out that the second meaning - "a woman from the rib" - also did not lose its meaning, remaining in the memory of the tribes. And it was because of this play on words that the legend began about the creation of Eve from Adam's rib.

2. Mice are crazy about cheese

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This stereotype was brought up in us by many generations of cartoons and books, which showed that cheese is one of the most favorite delicacies of gray rodents. In fact, mice are absolutely omnivores and they, in principle, also love cheese, but much less than the same cereals or jam.

3. Napoleon Bonaparte was short

Napoleon's height was as much as 5 feet 7 inches, which is equal to 168 cm - even higher than the average Frenchman of that era. Where did the legend about the shorty come from? It is not known for certain, but today there are at least two of the most common versions. The first is based on the fact that Napoleon was called short because of his initial small military rank (corporal), and over time this nickname has remained. The second version says that one of the historians who studied the life of Napoleon simply made a mistake in the calculations and incorrectly translated feet into centimeters.

4. Van Gogh cut off his ear

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In fact, this great artist (by the way, during his lifetime he sold only one painting and was very poor), in a quarrel with his friend Gauguin, cut off not his entire ear, but only part of it - a small piece of his left lobe. This, of course, is also unpleasant, but not fatal at all - look at the same goths (or whatever they are called there), who make giant holes in their lobes.

5 Walt Disney Created Mickey Mouse

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It is a very popular misconception that Walt Disney personally drew Mickey Mouse. In fact, this beautiful mouse was created by Ub Iwerks - one of the animators of the Disney studio, who was known primarily for his speed. And Walt Disney only voiced Mickey when the first sound cartoon came out.

6. Einstein was a loser

The fact is that since the time of Einstein's training, the grading system in Germany has been changed and “fours” have become “twos”. Accordingly, Einstein, of course, was a loser, but at the same time he studied very well, and especially in mathematics and natural science.

7 America Gained Its Independence July 4, 1776

This is not entirely true. The founding fathers of America did indeed sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, but the war for this very independence lasted another 7 years and ended only on September 3, 1783 with the signing of a peace treaty between America and the English King George III.

8. Marie Antoinette said: “Let them eat cake!”

Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote about this event in 1776: when Marie Antoinette learned that in one of the French villages there was a catastrophic lack of food, and first of all bread, she was surprised to offer people to eat cakes. The mismatch is that at that time Mary was only 12 years old and she lived in England, in her historical homeland. And the words about the cakes were most likely spread by the revolutionaries in order to discredit the government and show how far it is from the people.

9 Edison Invented The Light Bulb

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Edison was certainly a brilliant scientist, but most of the inventions were made by his little-known laboratory staff. It was not Edison who invented the electric light bulb, but a certain Englishman Joseph Swain. Edison later only bought out the patent for this invention.

10 Columbus Thought The Earth Was Flat

According to The Times, many people think that Columbus thought the earth was flat, but in this case it is not clear why he took a circuitous route to India.

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AUSTRIA
Misconception: Austrians are champion coffee drinkers.
Of course, in a good Viennese coffee house, you can be served up to 15 varieties of coffee. But still, it is not the Austrians who drink the most coffee. Here, the Swedes and Finns take the first place - 11 kilograms of coffee beans per person per year. They are followed by the Dutch, Norwegians and Danes - 10 kilograms per capita. And then - the Germans and Austrians, where coffee consumption is 8 kilograms per person.
AGGRESSION
Misconception: Aggressive aspirations are very dangerous.
According to the Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz, aggression should not be perceived as a fundamentally negative trait. If we consider aggression as a desire to fight with its own kind, then it becomes a useful mechanism for the survival of the genus: if an animal protects its territory from others, it will be able to keep its living space under control and make optimal use of the natural resources of its range (which is important not only for individual, but also for all representatives of this species). Zoologists believe that if it were not for aggression, many animal species would have become extinct long ago. Aggression in one form or another is characteristic of all animal species, and, therefore, it is natural. And no matter how negatively we evaluate the aggressiveness of a person, it is obvious that without it the species "homo sapiens" would have died out long ago.
LAWYERS
Misconception: The main occupation of lawyers is litigation.
Only 20% of their working time lawyers spend on court cases (often they lose them, losing money on this). 80% of a lawyer's working time is spent on consultations and drafting contracts.
ACROPOLIS
Misconception: The Acropolis is located in Athens.
The word "acropolis" in Greek means a place located on a hill. This word was often called a fortress within the city wall. There were dozens of these in ancient Greece, but the Acropolis of Athens is the most famous of them all.
SHARKS
Misconception: Sharks attack humans.
A shark attacks a person only if it is irritated or very hungry. At the same time, only about 10-12 varieties of the existing 350 species of sharks are known to attack humans unprovoked. Most people are content with smaller meals. Between 1916 and 1969, there were 32 recorded attacks on humans by white sharks, the largest and most dangerous species in the world. 13 of them were fatal, i.e. less than one case per year. If you add other sharks, such as tiger and blue sharks, then the number of victims will increase, but still not enough to compare with the number of people who die every year from dog attacks.
ALCOHOL (1)
Misconception: Alcohol is bad for health.
First of all, we don't want to be misunderstood - in large quantities, alcohol is naturally harmful. But the same can be said about most other things (after all, you can even get poisoned by mineral water). The great Paracelsus once said: Ask me what is poison? Everything can become him, without him - not a step. It's all about the dose, just one example: Everything that we drink or eat in excess - All this can turn into poison ... If we put the question this way: is alcohol harmful in principle? - then the answer will be: quite the opposite.
"One or two glasses of wine (beer) a day support a failing memory," says Dr. Joe Christian of the American University of Indiana. "Moderate alcohol consumption improves short-term memory by 17%, a person remembers what happened better, thinks more logically. The fact is that in small doses, alcohol improves metabolism and blood circulation." Other researchers find other positive effects. “Alcohol improves bone composition. Moderate alcohol consumption clearly increases bone density and possibly reduces the risk of osteoporosis (softening of the bone). This is evidenced by population statistics in California, where a study compared alcohol habit and bone condition,” so writes one of the popular daily newspapers. But scientific research agrees. Harvard physicians analyzed the health status of 50,000 men and found that the risk of coronary artery disease was higher in non-drinkers compared to those who regularly consume alcohol. Moreover, the risk of narrowing of the coronary arteries decreased in direct proportion to the amount of alcohol consumed (not taking into account other factors such as nutrition, blood pressure, age, etc.). We see that with daily alcohol consumption, the risk of heart disease is reduced, and not only that - with the exception of fatal heart attacks - the more we drink, the lower the risk of heart damage. True, in another study, Danish scientists showed that one glass of alcohol is not like another. More precisely, it is very important what we drink - wine, beer or spirits. The statistics are given for 6 thousand men and 7 thousand women, and she says that, first of all, it is wine that prolongs human life. Men and women who drank three to five glasses of wine halved the risk of heart disease compared to non-drinkers (of course, this is only a risk reduction, but not its prevention - someday heavy drinkers also die). As for beer and vodka, they helped little in the fight against heart disease. Of course, there are ambiguities here - in particular, how were individuals selected for examination? How much can you trust the words of a person who claims that he does not drink or, on the contrary, likes to pawn behind his collar? Is an increase in alcohol consumption always accompanied by a decrease in the risk of heart disease, or does the curve turn in the opposite direction at some point? However, for all that, it should be emphasized that these results are constantly being confirmed and we have no right to speak of them as pure chance.
ALCOHOL (2)
Misconception: Alcohol makes you warm.
After we have unexpectedly discovered the positive properties of alcohol, it is time to turn our attention to the quality that well-wishers willingly attribute to it, but which it does not actually possess. Even if, after a good glass of hot grog taken on a cold January evening, we begin to believe in the warming qualities of alcohol, in fact it is not - alcohol does not warm the body. True, subjectively we feel the warmth that spreads so pleasantly from the stomach throughout the body. But what actually happens is that alcohol dilates the blood vessels that are closer to the surface of the body, the blood rushes there and cools, as a result of which the body temperature drops. Thus, in severe frost, it is alcohol that can cause frostbite.
ALTAR
Misconception: The altar is an invention of Christianity.
If today the altar is the gathering place for the faithful, then the early Christians did not have any special place where they would worship. Moreover, precisely because they did not know the altars, representatives of other religions considered them barbarians. The altar as a place where sacrifices are offered to the gods existed in almost all religions long before the advent of Christianity.
ORANGE JUICE
Misconception: The best orange juice comes from a freshly squeezed orange.
It is believed that the most useful juice is obtained from a freshly squeezed orange (lemon, grapefruit). Meanwhile, this is not necessarily the case. The fact is that the best manufacturers install their presses for squeezing juice right next to the orange plantations. The resulting juice is absolutely fresh and complete and reaches the consumer without losing anything either in taste or in vitamins. The oranges we get in Europe may have come from afar. They are plucked immature and matured on the road, sometimes using chemicals. So the juice squeezed from such an orange is not necessarily better than what is sold in bags.
ARABIC NUMERALS
Misconception: Arabic numerals were invented by the Arabs.
The Arabic numerals 1,2,3,4,5... were not invented by the Arabs at all, they came to us from India. It's just that the Arabs brought this form of writing numbers from there, which then spread through North Africa and Spain to Europe. The true advantage of Arabic numerals over Roman numerals is not in their writing, but in a brilliant invention - a positional number system, in which the "weight" of a digit is determined by its position. So, 5 in the number 15 means only five, and in the number 2523 - five hundred (after all, 2523 is 2 times a thousand, 5 times a hundred, 2 times ten and 3). This idea is as ingenious as the taming of fire and the invention of the wheel. Without it, we would still have to, multiplying 27 by 115, recalculate XXVII by CXV. Without this idea, as simple as it is brilliant, there would be neither modern physics nor chemistry, people would not fly into space and would not invent the atomic bomb.
ATLANTIS
Misconception: There has never been a continent or island called Atlantis. The legend of Atlantis is a pure invention of the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his work Critias described a mighty state called Atlantis on the other side of the Pillars of Hercules (i.e. across the Strait of Gibraltar). This state, according to Plato, is located in the middle of the ocean, much larger in size than all of North Africa and Asia Minor. The inhabitants of Atlantis lived happily ever after, but then they began to degrade morally and decided to conquer the whole Earth. To punish the Atlanteans for their pride, Zeus sent an earthquake to the continent, and he plunged, along with all his inhabitants and buildings, into the abyss of the sea. Although Plato repeatedly assures that this is a true story that he heard from a major statesman Solon, and he heard from the Egyptian priests, in fact this event, which the historian attributes to the 9th millennium BC, could not have happened. After all, Plato tells about the plans of the Atlanteans to conquer Athens and Greece, and 9 thousand years before Plato, an uninhabited steppe stretched on the site of Athens. And in later times there are no hints of the existence of a huge vanished empire. Of course, humanity has experienced many catastrophes during this time: earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions that buried flourishing civilizations, for example, on Crete or the island of Santorin, but with all the desire, these states cannot be called gigantic empires, and besides, all these catastrophic events did not happen in the Atlantic Ocean. And today you can find followers of Plato, who indicate that indeed some continents plunged into the abyss of water and that there was once a firmament in place of the Atlantic Ocean. But that was 200 million years ago, when Africa, Europe and America were combined into a supercontinent, and no people on earth existed at all. Huge masses of land parted, giving way to the Atlantic Ocean, 70 million years ago, i.e. 69 million years before the appearance of man.

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George Washington was the first President of the United States

Everyone knows that George Washington was the first of 43 US presidents. But no! The first was Peyton Randolph - it was he who was chosen by the revolutionary Congress. His first step in high office was the creation of the Continental Army to protect against British troops and the appointment of the commander in chief ... General Washington! Randolph was succeeded in 1781 by John Hanson, who sent a letter of congratulations to George Washington after his victory at the Battle of Yorktown and signed "I, John Hancock, President of America". And Washington became the first popularly elected president of the United States - but the fifteenth in a row.
Jesus was born on December 25

December 25 - Christmas. But there is no evidence in the Bible or anywhere else that Jesus was born on this particular day. But why was December 25th the birthday of Jesus? Maybe because on this day the Hellenes celebrated the day of the god Mitros, born of a virgin, and at the same time it was the Shepherd's Day?
Gandhi liberated India

This is the most famous leader of the Indian independence movement. He urged the country to renounce violence. He was 16 years old (in 1885) when the Indian National Congress was formed. But, even without the participation of Gandhi, India would have achieved independence by other, more effective methods than non-resistance to violence, and perhaps even earlier if it had followed the path indicated by Netahi Chandra Bose.
America gained independence on July 4, 1776

This is not true. Yes, the Founding Fathers of America signed the Declaration of Independence on this day. But the war for this independence went on for another 7 years, and only on September 3, 1783, a peace treaty was finally signed between America and the English King George III.
Shakespeare wrote the story of Hamlet himself

William Shakespeare is known as the greatest playwright in human history. However, most of his plays were not his own creations, but rather imaginative adaptations of stories, stories, and lore. The play "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", according to historians, was based on an ancient Scandinavian tradition.
Captain Cook discovered Australia

Of course, the Australians do not even want to think so. Many years before 1770, the Dutch Abel Tasman and Dirk Hartog, and the English pirate William Dampier visited here. And this continent was discovered 50,000 years ago by its indigenous inhabitants - the Australians. The only thing for which Cook can be called the "discoverer" of Australia, and even then in quotation marks, is the discovery of new lands, which later became the reason for the arrival of white settlers here.
Emperor Nero played the violin while Rome, set on fire by him, burned

This story is known to all: 64 BC. Rome is on fire and Nero is playing the violin. But this is impossible. First, the violin was invented after 1600 years. But even if there was a violin, Nero could only play it at a distance of 30 miles from burning Rome, since at the time of the fire he was not in the Eternal City, but in his villa in the suburbs.
Magellan traveled around the world

Everyone knows two things about Magellan: that he made a trip around the world, and that during this trip he was killed in the Philippines. One excludes the other. In fact, Magellan went exactly half the way: Juan Sebastian Elcano, his deputy, completed the journey.
Walter Reilly brought potatoes and tobacco to England

Sir Walter Reilly is an explorer, ladies' man and one of the most mysterious and mythological figures in English history. In modern portraits, he is portrayed as exceptionally handsome, although no real portraits of him have been found. He was considered a ladies' man, and allegedly liked the English Queen Elizabeth I. Is it true that he threw his cloak into a puddle so that the queen could cross it? Not true. It is true that he did not return from his trip to America with the first potatoes and tobacco in the history of England. Although it is claimed that Reilly introduced the potato in 1586, in fact the first potato crop was harvested in Spain in 1585, after which it quickly spread throughout Europe and even "crossed" the English Channel. Tobacco was introduced to France in 1560 by Jean Nicot (nicotine got its name from his last name). So smokers all over the world are wrong to accuse Sir Walter Reilly of spreading a bad habit.
King John Landless signed the Magna Carta

The Magna Carta limited the power of the King of England and marked the beginning of democracy. Paintings from that time show King John reluctantly signing the Charter in a meadow near Windsor in 1215. This is ridiculous, because John the Landless was most likely illiterate - look at the archives of the four surviving originals of the Charter - all have a seal. No signatures.
Witches burned in Salem

In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, 150 people were arrested during a witch trial, 31 people were sentenced, 20 of them were killed. Of these 31 people, not all were women, 6 of them were men. At the same time, they were not burned at the stake - this is not scary for witches, they were first stoned to death, then the bodies were hung on a rope.
Van Gogh cut off his ear

The semi-impoverished great artist Van Gogh (who sold only one painting in his entire life), shortly before his suicide, in a quarrel with his friend Gauguin, who was more successful in selling his works, cut off his ear - a piece of his left lobe. It hurts, but not as bad as it might seem.
Walt Disney drew Mickey Mouse

It is believed that the most famous cartoon character - Mickey Mouse - was drawn by Walt Disney himself. But it's not. Mickey was drawn by Disney's No. 1 animator, Ub Iwerks, who was famous for being incredibly fast at drawing. The first Mickey movie (it required 700 drawings a day) was made in just two weeks. But later, when sound cartoons appeared, Disney was rehabilitated - it was in his voice that Mickey Mouse began to speak.

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Selenia said:

In his school years, Einstein was not a loser - on the contrary, he did well with the program, especially in science and mathematics. The misconception is explained by the fact that over the past period the grading system in Germany has been reformed, and the "fours" began to be perceived as "twos".

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the excuse is gone .... but in general it is very interesting)

19 Popular Science Myths

Most are false, but some are true​

The American popular magazine Live Science conducted a survey among its readers to find out which scientific myths are most popular. After identifying a list of the most popular curiosity questions, the magazine asked scientists to comment on these myths. Most of the statements turned out to be completely unfounded.
1. A chicken can live without a head - true
Indeed, a couple of minutes after the chicken is cut off its head, it “lives”. She can run and even try to fly. This is because sometimes, losing its head, the chicken retains the brain stem, which is responsible for most reflexes. A confirmed fact is known that one strong individual lived without a head for a year and a half. So now it’s clear where the expression “brainless chicken” came from - this “non-bird” does not need a head for life.
2. The water funnel in the southern hemisphere of the Earth rotates in a different direction than in the northern - a lie
The speed of the Earth's rotation is not enough to affect the direction of water flow even in the smallest shell. As you can see from personal experience, the movement and shape of the water funnel in the sink depends only on the features of the "relief", and certainly not on global causes. Life and real science are very prosaic.
3. The human brain only works at 10% - a lie
This misconception has been around for almost a century. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, this is not the case. The data of magnetic resonance studies of the brain clearly demonstrate that a large part of the cerebral cortex is actively involved in human life. Our head works even when we sleep. So it is not worth believing in the promises of false prophets that in the future a person will be able to use the brain completely and then happiness will come to everyone and at once, it is not worth it. It's better to think with your head.
4. There is no gravity in space - a lie
The popular expressions "zero gravity" and "weightlessness" seem to be to blame for this misconception. Gravity is everywhere, the force of attraction equally affects all people. Astronauts in orbit hover in zero gravity only because they constantly fall with their ship to Earth. They only do it in a horizontal plane. Gravity decreases with distance, but never completely disappears. And by the way, the misconception that there is a vacuum in space is also not true. In fact, interstellar space is filled with all sorts of atoms and particles, just the distance between them is somewhat greater than on Earth.
5. Eating a poppy seed bun is almost the same as smoking opium - almost true
Oddly enough, there is some truth in this statement. While a poppy seed bun won't give you those happy moments of peaceful euphoria that opium smokers get, drug control problems can arise. If some time later, after a person has eaten two poppy seed buns, a blood test is taken from him, the test for opiates is likely to be positive.
6. A coin thrown from a skyscraper will kill a person - a lie

An ordinary coin is not the most advanced weapon in terms of aerodynamics. Due to the wind and air resistance, which for such an unfortunate shape will be very large, a coin, even thrown from the Empire State skyscraper, which is almost 380 meters, will not be able to cause any significant injury to a person. So, if you decide to deal with your ill-wisher in such an exotic way, it is better to spend a change on buying a brick.
7 Adult Brain Growth Stops - False
Although the human brain grows most actively and goes through the main stages of formation precisely at an early age, cell division does not stop in adults either. Research shows that neurons successfully grow and change until death. So the nerves are restored, and everyone has a chance to grow wiser.
8. Chicken broth can cure a cold - almost true
It is, of course, impossible to cure a cold with chicken broth. But scientists still support adults who force their sick children to consume chicken broth. Studies show that it contains substances with anti-inflammatory properties that help stop the spread of the disease. So whatever you think, Mom was right.
9. Yawning is "contagious" - rather true
It is known from experience that when one person begins to yawn, he "infects" everyone around him with it. It's hard to say how scientifically true this is, but some anthropologists believe that the reflex to repeat the neighbor's yawns has remained with us from monkeys. Chimpanzees are known to be very fond of mimicking each other's yawns. That is, yawning after a neighbor, we just subconsciously mimic him.
10 Lightning Never Hits The Same Place Twice - A Dangerous Lie
In fact, just the opposite. Lightning just has its "preferences". Everyone knows that lightning strikes high places more often. So hiding from lightning under a tree that has just been struck by lightning is not worth it. For example, the Empire State skyscraper is struck by lightning an average of 25 times a year.
11. Men think about sex every 7 seconds - rather a lie
Of course, thinking about reproduction is an instinct inherent in human nature. But it is, of course, impossible to scientifically verify how often such thoughts visit a man. But judging by sociological research, every 7 seconds is still an exaggeration.
12. Hair and nails continue to grow after death - a lie
After death, all processes in the human body stop almost immediately. Including the growth of hair and nails. This misconception is caused by a simple optical illusion. After death, the human body loses a lot of fluid, the skin shrinks, the nails are exposed, the hair seems longer.
13. A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth - you can't compare.
Despite the fact that dogs love to stick their nose and tongue into places that are not clean, it is believed that the dog's mouth is more sterile than the human mouth. In fact, the set of bacteria living in the mouth of different species is so different that it is simply impossible to compare. So the dog is not cleaner, it's just different.
14. If you run in the rain, then you get wet less - mathematical truth
A number of mathematical equations developed specifically to describe this process prove that this is rather true. When running, you run a much greater risk of ruining the suit, because the front of the torso gets wet the most. Walking in urban acid rain is the most risky for your hair, because it is the head that suffers the most with this method of movement.
15. Lifted for five seconds does not count as falling - an absurd lie
This is so absurd that few people seriously believe in it, but just in case, we recall that the tests carried out show that harmful bacteria fall on any object that falls to the ground immediately upon first contact.
16. Animals can predict natural disasters - rather a lie
There is no reliable evidence that animals have a "sixth sense". But excellent sense of smell, hearing and vision, as well as innate instincts, developed better than humans, allow animals to quickly determine the danger. In addition, animals will never stare out of curiosity at a hurricane or an impending tsunami. And yet, during natural disasters, many animals die. So, even if animals have a “sixth sense”, it does not bring them much benefit. (However, there were very few dead animals during the last tsunami).
17. The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space - a lie
There are different variations of this statement, but they are all equally false. Astronauts can see many man-made objects from low orbit. For example, the Egyptian pyramids, or even the runways of major airports. In fact, seeing the Chinese wall without knowing exactly where it is is much more difficult than many other objects. And it’s definitely impossible to see the wall from the moon.
18. The change of seasons occurs due to a change in the distance of the Earth from the Sun - a lie
The change in the distance from the Earth to the Sun, which occurs with the movement of the planet in orbit, has little effect on the temperature on Earth. It's all about the angle of inclination of the Earth's axis with respect to the sun, which, changing, affects the change of seasons. Everything is simple, but still incomprehensible.
19. Chewing gum is digested in the stomach for 7 years - an adult lie
Of course, chewing gum is somewhat more difficult to process than organic food, but nothing is impossible for our body. So chewing sweets are digested and excreted from the body just like regular food. Apparently, this delusion appeared with the light hand of strict adults.

Selenia, very interesting, very.

Selenia said:

The human brain only works at 10% - a lie

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I actually read that the brain only works at 3%. Maybe not 10%, but not all people use their brains 100%.

Selenia said:

Lightning never strikes the same place twice - a dangerous lie

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Is this something similar to a shell that does not fall twice in one funnel !?

Selenia said:

Hair and nails continue to grow after death - false

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I have heard about it many times, and all the time I said that it was a lie!

Selenia said:

Chewing gum is digested in the stomach for 7 years - an adult lie

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Oh, I remember it sooo well, they scared me so that they would not swallow it.