That being out in cold weather will make you catch a Cold. The cold is a virus you catch from others and nothing to do with the outside temperature.

I got pregnant in 2002 and people legit told me I shouldn't raise my arms over my head because the cord would wrap around the baby's neck. Not just great grandmas telling me this either. People at my restaurant job fussed at me all the time for getting things off high shelves. Insane.

Over cracking your knuckles will lead to arthritis.

Swallowed gum will stay in your stomach for 7 years. Never seen a single wad of gum in the hundreds of thousands of stomachs I’ve looked into.

That certain animal 'parts' have healing/magical properties. Like tiger whiskers protect the wearer or rhino horn cures impotence and hangovers.

That shaving makes hair grow back thicker and longer.

That your generation is always the last good generation.

Religion, easily. I get that people believe in religion but they have zero proof that any of it is true.

That you have to wait 24 hours before filing a missing person report.

Carrots improve vision. Has to be on the list for top propaganda campaigns. Started in WWII to cover for the use of radar. Still to this day more people I meet believe it than don't.

That birds will abandon their babies if they have a human scent on them.

Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

You eat 8 spiders a lifetime

Boys playing with dolls (or other traditional feminine toys) will turn them gay. Or that anything will turn people gay or lesbian.

Someone can be tested to determine their virginity status. Hymens aren't barriers, they aren't supposed to be broken, and they heal when they do tear. No one, not even a doctor can look at someone and know they're a virgin or not.

Bulls become angry seeing the color red.

That we use 10% of our brain. Power or capacity, this was actually proven to be b******t.

Circumcision is medically beneficial enough to be *routinely* done to every male infant born, rather than just like.. you know… waiting to see if it’s actually necessary.

90% of the myths surrounding pregnancy and childbirth. If the baby’s heart rate is fast it’s a girl. If you crave sweet things it’s a girl, if you are carrying “high” it’s a girl. They’re the only ones I can think of at the moment but there are so many other myths out there.

Vaccines cause Autisim.

Trickle down economics.

That the hymen is a freshness seal like a snapple cap, has any bearing on virginity, and your first time should hurt and cause bleeding

If you watch the TV too much or too close, you will go blind

In my country there's still a lot of people believing that first period blood is good for skin, like if u spread it on your face they say it will make your skin clear and you will not have acne if u did. It's dumb, stupid & disgusting.

That pissing in a pool makes the water go purple.

That reading in dim lighting will cause you to lose your eyesight.

Sugar does not make kids hyper. Before you say "I'm a parent, and I can promise you it does", consider when kids have plenty of sugar. Birthday parties, exciting events, etc. *That* makes them spin up. If sugar was a direct cause of making kids hyper, why can they sit on a couch mashing candy for four hours while watching Frost on repeat. There's also the fact that kids are... You know, kids. Sometimes they're activated, sometimes they're not. Regardless of sugar intake.

That fish only have a 5-second memory. My fish are fed automatically on a timer and they know dinner time better than my goddamn cat.

Touching a frog/toad will give you warts.

If your eyes stayed open during a sneeze, those mf's would pop right out

That GMOs are bad. Without GMOs, we wouldn't have a lot of the food we have today.

That women’s menstrual cycles sync up with each other after being around each other for a long enough time.