Myth #1:
If you swallow chewing gum, it will stay in your stomach for seven years. Old wives’ tales are a cauldron of lies, and this is one of the biggest of them all. Your stomach is engineered by decades of evolution to digest an astounding amount of things, which is why you have a giant pool of acid sitting inside you. While it’s true that gum isn’t easy for your stomach to digest, because it’s not food, it’s not going to hang around in there that far past its welcome. It’s not Ashton Kutcher. Your gum will inevitably be digested, and you’ll poop it right out along with all that pizza you ate. It’s the miracle of nature.
So don't worry about swallowing a gum. To be honest, my parents forbid me from eating gum because when I eat a gum for the first time, I swallowed it. My parents explained the reason why I can't swallow gum and I tell you that lecture is for nothing because I was like "but I'm fine and I'm still alive." Turns out I was right all along. So all this time, we've been throwing away food. I feel ashamed of myself.
Myth #2:
Carrots improve your vision. This myth is a product of WWII propaganda, when the British army claimed that the reason its soldiers had such great night vision was that they ate their carrots. However, the British government merely promoted this information as a way to distract from the real reason their senses were going crazy: the fighter pilots all had radar in their aircraft, making the enemy much easier to detect. The carrot myth stuck around, despite its basis in lies, and it even found its way into Bugs Bunny cartoons.
So.... I've been forced into eating carrots for my eyesight... for nothing?! If only my parents read this myth, they'll probably stop forcing me to eat carrots. Or maybe not.
Myth #3:
Touching a toad will give you warts. One can see why people don’t want to go around touching toads, because they’re ugly, slimy creatures; however, handling them won’t make you look like one. The common perception is that toads’ skin are covered in warts, and those warts emit bacteria that are communicable. (When I was a kid, I was told it was an “oil” on the toad’s skin that made them so easy to get.) However, that’s based in a misconception of what those actually are. That’s just the animal’s skin, adapted to help the toad better blend into his environment to avoid predators. Warts only come from human viruses.
Even after reading the truth, I'm still afraid of toads. They are kinda disgusting, but cute at the same time. Now I'm just sounding like a weirdo.
Myth #4:
If you swim right after eating, you will get a cramp and drown. When you’re a kid, you’re constantly told to wait to swim after you eat — between 15 minutes to a half hour. However, that’s just the result of overprotective parenting. Despite the common belief, there’s no correlation between cramping and eating, and our bodies are perfectly adapted to simultaneously swimming and digesting. You might get queasy if you exert yourself too quickly, like going to the gym after a big meal, but that has nothing to do with the water. It would happen anyway.
Well at least now I know that I won't have to wait for like an hour (note the sarcasm) to swim after eating. I am not a patient person so I can literally go crazy if I do nothing while waiting. My parents are going to ignore me either way but the myth really helps.
Myth #5:
Sugar causes children to be hyperactive. This seems like it should be true, but it isn’t. Calories fuel our daily energy, and when a rush of calories (in the form of simple sugars) is shipped to the bloodstream, it seems like the sugar would fuel a burst of energy and activity. However, sugar metabolism works a little differently, as the bloodstream will first send those sugars to muscles and internal organs, then storing the rest for later. The idea of the hyperactivity myth is that those excess sugars have to be “worked off,” but that’s not the way the body works. Your kid is just being hyper because he’s a kid — or if he’s eating chocolate, he’s had too much caffeine, which does lead to hyperactivity.
Even though now we know that sugar doesn't really cause hyperactive-ness, we still can't have much sugar because... cavities. You want your child tooth to have holes? Then don't give your baby too much sugar. Let's just hope there's a proof that sugar doesn't really cause cavities so you can have all the candies you want.
Myth #6:
If you shave your legs, your hair will grow back thicker. Women are often told this when they are young and just begin to shave their legs, but if you apply logic to the statement, it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Men shave their beards or their heads quite frequently with no effect on the density of their hair, or else every man would end up looking like Grizzly Adams. Shaving can, however, stimulate hair growth where it didn’t exist before, which is why you should be very careful where you shave, lest you end up the Wolfman or with a unibrow.
Thank goodness now that I know the truth. I can finally shave my hairy feet. I've been told about this whenever I tried cutting off my hairs in my feet. Yeah, I said cut. As in using the scissors. My feet isn't bleeding though so it's fine, chill.
(Btw, that is not my foot. I swear.)
Myth #7:
Drinking too much caffeine will stunt your growth. Although too much of anything isn’t particularly good for you, particularly something addictive, science has yet to pin shortness on caffeine. The myth sounds logical: Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is emitted during sleep, a process that caffeine impedes, but no studies have ever actually proven this. If you look at the facts, they actually suggest the opposite. As people consume more caffeine annually, with the sales of coffee, tea, energy drinks and soda rising, average height is increasing. Between 1960 and 2002, the average American became 1.5 inches taller, all while drinking that extra cup of joe.
Myth #8:
Going out with wet hair will cause you to catch cold. Unless it’s summer, the Blue Crush look is out anyway, but if you’re rocking it in the Fall, it’s unlikely to give you pneumonia, as my mother always warned me. However, studies have found no connection between the dryness of one’s hair and the susceptibility to cold. The chilly weather often dries out the nasal passages, which can make you at a higher risk to cold-causing viruses. You don’t get colds from wet hair. You get colds from hanging out with one of those people with a virus, so use your tonsils wisely.
I don't know about this myth because whenever I have my hair wet, my mom never told me to dry it off or else I'll catch a cold, so this is new to me. I'm just writing this so you guys can know, if all of you know this. My bad... *putting hands up in defense*.
Myth #9:
Watching TV will ruin your eyesight. When you’re a kid, you’re often told to stay away from the TV set when watching your favorite program, because if you get too close, you’ll be in the four-eyes brigade. (I always told to sit six-feet away.) Although this sounds like sound advice — because it seems like it should be true — it’s really not. Excessive television or screen-staring can lead to eyestrain when you’re at a monitor for hours on end, but it won’t irreparably kill your eyes. It can, however, cause headaches or fatigue, which is why you should take regular breaks from your screens — both because it’s good for your eyes and your relationships with other humans.
Yess..... Finally... I could watch the TV at a close range to get full detail and to see movie mistakes. Though it's still can cause you headache.... I don't care, I'll take the risk. Just kidding..... or maybe.
Myth #10:
When measured from the base to summit (and not from the sea level to summit), Mauna Kea (33,500 feet or 10,210 meters in height) located in Hawaii is the tallest mountain in the world. Most of it is submerged under water.
tHAT'S ALL FOLKS. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AND AS ALWAYS, i HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AND THIS MAYBE USEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH YET. NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT AN ILLUMINATI CONSPIRACY OR SOMETHING. SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW.
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