1

“People think that if you ask an undercover cop is they are an undercover cop, they have to tell the truth. An undercover cop does not have to reveal that they are a cop, even if the person asks.”

2

“That you have to wait an hour after eating to swim.”

3

“That it takes 7 years to digest gum if you swallow it.”

4

If birds eat rice their stomachs explode. This was started by the church because people were slipping on the rice and getting hurt.”

5

“Despite what many people think Albert Einstein never failed math. The confusion likely comes from the grading system, but this myth has been around for a long time and used by people as a sort of motivation.”

6

“Spot reduction of fat. People think that doing situps will burn fat around your belly area.”

7

“It’s illegal to turn on lights in your car.”

8

“Shaving makes your hair grow back thicker.”

9

“Goldfish have short term memory. Actually goldfish can remember things up to a year.”

10

“That rabbits love carrots. They don’t, you give a hungry rabbit a carrot it’ll probably eat it, but they likely wouldn’t be high on its preference list. So why are carrots stereotyped as a rabbit’s favorite food? Weirdly, because of Bugs Bunny. He was created in 1938 and that particular quirk was a parody of Clark Gable’s character from the 1934 movie It Happened One Night, who had a famous scene being a wiseacre while munching on a carrot. The myth is prevalent enough that pet shops will commonly warn people getting pet rabbits to make sure they feed them a proper diet, because carrots are not sufficient and the poor bunny can actually starve to death.”

11

“Higher octane fuel is better for your car. Unless it was designed for it there is literally zero benefit.”

12

“That blood is blue in your veins but turns red when exposed to the air. Total bullshit. Blood is always red, it just goes from dark crimson to bright, almost-pink depending on how much oxygen is present in your blood. The blue color of your veins is just that: The color of the vein tissue. If someone persists, ask them what color the blood is when they have it drawn, because it’s not in contact with the air. (hint: It’s red.)”

13

“You don’t need to wait 24 hours to report a missing person. If you sincerely think someone is missing, then report it. The faster that a missing person report is filed, the better chance there is that the person will be found. This is especially crucial when it comes to missing children.”

14

“That you catch a cold because of the cold. The cold is a virus. You catch it if you get in contact with the virus.”

15

“The most annoying one to me is the idea that in America you pay the percent from your highest tax bracket on the whole of your income. I’ve had people brag to me about how they know to clock out early on certain days so that they don’t make enough to go up a tax bracket – as if you would make less money by making more money!”

16

“That human beings only use 10% of their brain.”

17

“Fire Sprinklers. They don’t all go off by pulling a fire alarm, they’re individually heat activated.”

18

“That if you’re an organ donor then doctors won’t try hard to save you and might ‘let you die’. I’m a doctor, when I’m treating a patient whether the patient is an organ donor or not never crosses my mind, I will genuinely have no idea. And even if I did, why would I want to sacrifice MY patient for some random other patient across the country? Surely that would just make me look like a shit doctor!”

19

“Too many people believe that porcupines can shoot their quills when they actually have to jab you with their quills.”

20

“You can suck venom out of a snake bite…..”