Results: All The Time I Thought This Was True...
Published on 08/20/2018
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Don't believe everything you hear. And certainly, do your own investigation into things you have been told all through your life, because many of these "facts" are in fact, not. How many of these do you believe are true (spoiler alert: they are not)?
Humans and dinosaurs coexisted -- they actually missed each other by 64 million years
11%
208 votes
Einstein failed math -- no, he was a mathematical genius, but he did fail an entrance exam for a school
10%
202 votes
Don't touch baby birds, for their mothers will reject them -- birds have a very limited sense of smell, so that will not happen
29%
564 votes
Alcohol kills brain cells -- even with very heavy drinkers, brain cells are not killed, but could be damaged
23%
449 votes
We use only 10% of our brain -- the proportion of the brain "firing" at one time is task dependent, but ultimately every region is used almost every day
20%
397 votes
You should never wake a sleepwalker -- they might be a little confused at first, but waking them is most likely safer for them and they are less likely to get hurt
24%
464 votes
All of them
12%
241 votes
I knew all of these were incorrect
37%
738 votes
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How about these next ones. Which of these do you believe were true? Shaving makes your hair grow back thicker -- regrown hair isn't any thicker. It just looks thicker because it grows back with a blunt tip
25%
486 votes
It takes 7 years to digest chewing gum -- the chewy base of the gum is indigestible and passes straight through, and the remainder is absorbed
12%
231 votes
Salty water boils faster --it makes no difference, and sometimes adding salt can actually slow down the boiling
12%
246 votes
Dogs sweat by salivating -- actually dogs sweat through their paw pads, and panting just regulates their temperature
17%
341 votes
You can see the Great Wall of China from space -- no single human structures are visible from space, although you can see cities lit up
15%
302 votes
Bulls hate red -- bulls are colour blind, what they react to is the bullfighter's cape motion as a threat
22%
425 votes
All of them
10%
188 votes
Didn't believe any of these
42%
819 votes
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Finally this last set of "facts", that are not true. Which did you actually believe was true? Your hair and nails grow after you die -- wrong, but your skin recedes, making them appear longer
18%
354 votes
Toads cause warts -- warts are caused by a virus, and you can catch it from other humans. The bumps on toads have nothing to do with warts, and are their skin glands
16%
315 votes
SOS means "Save our Ships" -- this is not true, it actually means nothing and is used because it's easy to transmit three dots, three dashes, three dots.
14%
272 votes
You swallow at least 8 spiders a year sleeping -- spiders most likely do not crawl into anyone's mouth looking for prey, so you probably swallow zero spiders a year
10%
196 votes
Artist Van Gogh cut off his hear for a lover -- He cut a small piece of his lobe off, during a fight.
16%
318 votes
All of them
8%
153 votes
I didn't believe any of these
49%
958 votes
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Someone who believes everything they hear without checking it out is called gullible. The verb to gull and the noun cullibility (with a C) date back to Shakespeare and Swift, whereas gullibility is a relatively recent addition to the language. Some writers on gullibility have focused on the relationship between the negative trait of gullibility and positive trait of trust. The two are related, as gullibility requires an act of trust. Which of these can you say you have done?
I've been told I am guillible
14%
284 votes
I have read "Gulliver's Travels" by Johnathon Swift
32%
626 votes
I have read "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen
29%
575 votes
I have read "Much Ado About Nothing" by Shakespeare
18%
346 votes
None of them
47%
936 votes
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