52 Common Myths and Misconceptions

[Jack Reacheround]

Before numb nuts there politicizes the thread, I knew the one about toilets flushing in different hemispheres being a myth. Of course, I also knew that the Flintstones wasn't based on a true story.
But the toilet one I didn't know until his year when my boss told me for no apparent reason.

 

[Harmonica]

Not impressed by the list. The majority of things listed were never in the corpus of my misconceptions. The rest of them I never even heard of.

 

[spin]

That one about eating before swimming is incorrect. When you eat, some blood is diverted to your gastroentestinal tract. When you exercise, blood is diverted to your muscles. So if you eat right before strenuous exercise that can cause cramps sometimes because your body is unable to process the food correctly (not enough blood). It doesn't always happen and probably wouldn't matter if you're just chilling in the pool. But I would'nt have a big meal and go for an intense ocean swim.

You wouldn't eat a big meal and go for an intense anything.

It's not talking about strenuous exercise

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I don't know why everyone has to shit on this? I liked the list. Yeah, some of it could have been better. But really, just stop bitching.

 

[Fugazy]

You probably believe that dinosaurs and people coexisted.

I don't, but it would be cool if they did.

While I hope/wish they did, that's just me speaking because it would be cool, not because of religious influence.

Imagine having a pack of trained Velociraptors... I'd click my tongue and be like "Go eat that hatin ass muthafucka Soda-pop"...

 

[spin]

I don't know why everyone has to shit on this? I liked the list. Yeah, some of it could have been better. But really, just stop bitching.

Right?


What an odd reaction this thing got

 

[INTERL0PER]

I don't know why everyone has to shit on this? I liked the list. Yeah, some of it could have been better. But really, just stop bitching.

Yup. Interesting list. But for some reason, this thread got all War Roomy.

 

[FadeLess]

53 .. darwinian THEORY of evolution is absolute bs , and we are lead 2 believe it.... period
Nice thread btw TS

 

[Fugazy]

Yup. Interesting list. But for some reason, this thread got all War Roomy.

It would have been a dumb but fun list without the inclusions that reference Islam and Christianity.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I don't, but it would be cool if they did.

While I hope/wish they did, that's just me speaking because it would be cool, not because of religious influence.

Imagine having a pack of trained Velociraptors... I'd click my tongue and be like "Go eat that hatin ass muthafucka Soda-pop"...

I'd just sick my pet t-Rex on them as I ride away on my stegosaurus steed.

 

[Thai Domi]

This infographic shows 52 of the most common myths and misconceptions people still believe today. From people thinking bats are blind to others thinking we only have 5 senses, there is a lot of useful information here.

http://cdn.iflscience.com/images/9c...14148-1276-common-mythconceptions-oct22nd.jpg

How many of these myths and misconceptions did you believe before now?

Too lazy to read it all, is Big Bang and The Spontaneous generation of life on there? If not, list is whack.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

The 24 hours to report a missing persons may not be true now, but it was.

 

[ralphc1]

putin believed the great wall of china myth. he said it in an interview about a year ago.

It depends on what you use to look. Satellites can see my house from space.

 

[ralphc1]

The boiling temperature of water actually raises a few degrees with salt in it.

On the other hand, distilled water can be superheated in a microwave oven that doesn't have a turntable a few degrees above the boiling point without the bubbling expected. As soon as it's disturbed it can convert a portion to steam. Most tap water has enough minerals in it to break the surface tension.

 

[ralphc1]

The 24 hours to report a missing persons may not be true now, but it was.

It's true where I live for adults. Unless you have information that they were supposed to be somewhere at a certain time. I assume that list is from the UK.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

It's true where I live for adults. Unless you have information that they were supposed to be somewhere at a certain time. I assume that list is from the UK.

I think the myth, is that you have to wait to report it. Technically you can report what you want whenever the fuck you want, but back in the day, the police wouldn't classify a missing person as "missing" for 72 hours. They don't do that now.

 

[ralphc1]

I think the myth, is that you have to wait to report it. Technically you can report what you want whenever the fuck you want, but back in the day, the police wouldn't classify a missing person as "missing" for 72 hours. They don't do that now.

You can report anything at any time but they might not make an official report on it.

 

[Fugazy]

I'd just sick my pet t-Rex on them as I ride away on my stegosaurus steed.

If Jurrasic Park taught you anything you'd know that a pack of Game Bred Velociraptors > T-Rex any day.

Also you didn't account for the Pterydactyl that I have flying air support...

 

[Jack Reacheround]

If Jurrasic Park taught you anything you'd know that a pack of Game Bred Velociraptors > T-Rex any day.

Also you didn't account for the Pterydactyl that I have flying air support...

Real velociraptors were the size of dogs. The pterodactyls could be a problem though. Do they have lasers?

 

[Pixelated Porn]

This infographic shows 52 of the most common myths and misconceptions people still believe today. From people thinking bats are blind to others thinking we only have 5 senses, there is a lot of useful information here.

http://cdn.iflscience.com/images/9c...14148-1276-common-mythconceptions-oct22nd.jpg

How many of these myths and misconceptions did you believe before now?

All of these are wrong.

No, but
the 5 senses one is wrong, they are just using the wrong meaning of what we are saying sense is

caffeine dehydrates you. It is a diurectic. Apparently these jackasses don't know you can get caffeine pills and not only get it from coffee.

evolution is a fucking theory, they don't know what is meant by "theory" as far as it goes in science

The left and right brain are different and men's and women's brains are different so it depends on what sex they are talking about


at 4:35 you see the iron maiden used during the spanish inquisition

talking about things not in the quran but the hadiths are close to importance to the quran

5'7 is short there napolean