Results: Mother Always Told Me...Well, Guess What, sometimes MOTHER WAS WRONG!
Published on 09/22/2014
While growing up, family, friends and teachers--and especially out mothers-- probably told you tidbits about the world that you accepted as the gospel truth. There’s nothing wrong with that, in fact it is completely normal. But, it seems there are a great many widely accepted “facts” that are actually completely untrue. These misconceptions are fairly widespread, so you may be surprised that even today you were believing things that just weren't true.
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How many of these actual facts do you now know are in fact correct?
You aren’t born with all of the brain cells you were ever have. There is evidence your brain will continue to produce new cells in certain regions, a process called neurogenesis.
30%
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Goldfish don’t have 30-second memories. In fact, they can remember things for months.
16%
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Lightning CAN strike twice in the same spot. In fact, the Empire State Building is struck up to 100 times a year.
51%
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Lemmings do not follow each other, committing mass suicide.
12%
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Disregard the phrase “blind as a bat,” because bats are NOT blind. They use echolocation to hunt and navigate, but they can see.
39%
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Swallowed chewing gum will not take 7 years to digest. In fact, we don’t digest it at all. It passes harmlessly through our bodies.
41%
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Fingernails and hair do not keep growing once we die. Instead, our skin shrinks, giving the appearance of growth.
28%
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Cracking your knuckles won’t give you arthritis. Age, injury, obesity and genetics will give you arthritis.
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Shaving your hair doesn’t make it thicker. It might feel coarser, but that’s just because the ends are more blunt from being freshly shaved.
33%
800 votes
Getting hit by a penny that was dropped from the top of the Empire State Building won’t kill you. The penny’s speed will max out at about 50 mph, which isn’t fast enough to kill. Although it would still probably hurt.
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I knew all of these were not facts
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Have not heard any of these "truths"
21%
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However, some of the things our mothers, plus others, used to tell us ARE in fact true. How many of these actual facts did you once doubt, but now know to be true? Use plants as air purifiers at home
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Use newspapers to clean windows:
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Use peanut butter to remove gum
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689 votes
Unclog your drain with Alka Seltzer--works on most clogs
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303 votes
Fish is brain food--full of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
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Cranberry juice is good for bladder infections--combats infections caused by bacteria
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away--apples contain lots of nutrients that fight cancer
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1077 votes
Chicken soup fights the cold virus--a natural anti-inflammatory
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1111 votes
Don't swim after eating -- too much exercise causes blood to flow to your muscles and digestive tract
34%
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I had not heard any of these things
12%
280 votes
I knew all of these were true
16%
396 votes
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