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Prepare to open your eyes for the first time in your life (any Matrix fans out there?), because the guys at Information is Beautiful are taking a Mythbusters role and putting popular facts to the test.

From the little things like fixing the goldfish memory from three seconds to three months, to something that should be in every school book, like that vaccines don't actually cause autism; these fact checks sure have the potential to turn you into a champ on those quiz nights.

But if you're still feeling a little suspicious, head over to the Information is Beautiful website, where every fact is linked to the articles by the scientific community that proves them wrong.

(h/t: demilked)

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LauRa Morgan
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please let's bump this up higher so more people can see this one!

Pavel Nekoranec
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wondering how this hoax featured in so many tv shows make the chances to find the missing-persons in numbers :(

Hans
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has been discussed on Bored Panda before. The above is true for the US and a number of other countries, but some countries have this 24 hour period, other have even 2 or 3 days period.

Greg Hoggarth
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9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, as soon as you have reason to suspect someone is missing, the police will take your report. Having arbitrary time limits doesn't help anyone.

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    AcousticGString
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh God! Brace yourself for the holistic soccer mom attack ....

    Maci Wilcox
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a friend with Autism and I hate this myth!

    Lex
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently, some do actually believe this.

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    LauRa Morgan
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And because of this thousands of people are at risk of death from not vaccinating

    Master Markus
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You always believed" my a*s! I might not be a medical professional, but I'm not an IDIOT!

    Daria B
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you, Master Markus. I generally don't like 2nd person titles for articles. They're assuming I'm thinking this way and do things that way and such...

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    Magpie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Why do the fakers ( idiots) get more news time than the real scientists ?

    Bud Waters
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That blond lady with big boobs says different, so now who are you gonna believe?

    Storm Villago
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sense a lot of closed-mindedness.. Just do more research.

    Bud Waters
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That lady with big boobs says different, so who you gonna believe now!

    Stille20
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true that the study that started this all was faked, but I don't think people should stop questioning medical treatments and norms. Be an educated advocate for yourself and your loved ones.

    Master Markus
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, in general, but THIS particular lie is pretty cleared up and the only thing that parents who don't vaccinate their kids get are kids with diseases.

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    Anna Brandigi
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This may t r i g g e r some people

    Arty
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    are we really discussion "truth" about a story that was transmitted orally during generations for hundreds of years?

    Carl Tecce
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just found out I'm not related to either Adam or Eve. Thank you "23andme"

    Alex Rotshtein
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lucky us that they didn't eat the snake...

    Lex
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Bible doesn't say what the fruit was, but it was a fruit. What type of fruit it was isn't important.

    Kenneth Starr
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just like white Jesus. If you think for yourself it makes you wonder about everything else.

    David Jay
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one cares what it says they ate...it's fictional.

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    Anna Brandigi
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank goodness! They're so cute!

    Chelsea Shields
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    9 years ago

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    That doesn't mean you should go touching wild baby birds without reason though. I'm sure it's still very stressful for them and could likely get them sick.

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    Jon Watts
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they still have more of a sense of smell than me

    Victorya Shidlovskaya
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they actually do abandon. I saw it after trying to save wild baby birds, that fell down, and after petting a chicken - his mother hen just pecked it to death after I put it to common area with many other chickens

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    Sabal Minor
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad was a sleepwalking teen. Grandma said he leaped out of a window one time. I had heard you risk killing them by waking but she swears she yelled at him before he took the plunge!

    Kenneth Starr
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First have them hold their hand in warm water

    Bonnie Alcorn
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to sleepwalk as a child. When I was about 3, one of our neighbors picked me up at about 3:00 am, walking down the middle of the street in my little jammies. Luckily, we lived in a small town where everyone knew everyone else, and no one locked their doors. My Mom started locking doors after that little episode.

    Belle White
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not true about everyone! I have a grandfather who sleepwalks. One time my grandmother tried to awake him and he became moderately violent. He ended up hurting himself and my grandmother. I don't know, but his epilepsy may be a factor. It may not be true for everyone, but you may want to try to learn more about a sleepwalker before attempting to wake them.

    Magpie
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sorry edit: so just be ready to jump backwards and not get hit

    Magpie
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Waking someone into a sudden confused state can be painful as they try to fight off their monsters.

    Adam Bryce
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    be careful and be gentle. sleepwalkers are v easy to frighten - they can dream they're suddenly in a nightmare, and turn violent. after all, most of their minds are offline [deep asleep], so they aren't lucid at all.

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    Yvonne Bernal
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time my cat goes by the goldfish, they swim frantically. Luckily this does not happen often. I'd venture to guess that those fish definitely remember the cat!

    Hans
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you ever seen a notepad near the car? Probably it is researching the fishs' memory span...

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    Adam Bryce
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    goldfish have a very dull life - they're usually bored rigid, which is possibly why they seem to have short memory. :-)

    Erica Lin
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my fishes know that i am going to feed them so everytime i open the tank they all swim up to me everyday lawl

    Lex
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same for me when I fed my Uncle's fish. All the fish, the betas, goldfish, even his frog would swim up to get the food.

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    Eglė Liubinaitė
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, if you keep them in light for some time, they will change colour into white

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    Katinka Min
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love, love, love this one. Ever since I've known this I get a real kick out of old movies or guys dressed as Vikings with a horned helmet. :-D

    Nora H.
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a myth and not true, no viking helmets had horn. Take it from a Scandinavian archeologist ;)

    AnneMarie Greenfield
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always wondered about this because the only animal I could think of having horns in that area were goats and I haven't seen a goat with rhino sized horns.

    Adam Bryce
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    even the Asterix books depict the horned helmets on the Vikings. lol. :-)

    Mary Marty
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahhh, I want this to be true!

    Hans
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least red beards were real!

    Eglė Liubinaitė
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they had those already, even before the opera, because when they kill a deer or a taurus they take their horns and then adds those to the helmet? Right?

    Nini
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never heard of this before actually, and I doubt that's true! I know good friends who are really passionate about History and that viking helmets had no horns is one of the first things they taught me. ...also I dare anyone to take a warrior with antlers on his hat seriously :P

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    Benny Lava
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn it, I'll have to get my protein from elsewhere.

    Deana
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is my favorite!!

    Iapetos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moreover, spiders are too clever to commit suicide.

    Daria B
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew that one could not be true. It depends on too many things to be valid.

    Kenneth Starr
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But did you know that if you put your toilet paper on backwards there is a place spiders hide?

    David Jay
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woke up the other morning and underneath me was a huge but very flat and very dead spider. Anecdotal evidence at least that these f*****s will crawl anywhere.

    Magpie
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spiders really hate it when you breathe on them. So logically they won't go near our mouths.

    AnneMarie Greenfield
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a wolf spider run across my face in the middle of the night so I'm not sure this is true. I caught it and put it outside.

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    Master Markus
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never heard anyone say this before.

    Вера Деме
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could feel the smell of my dogs' footpads. So it is actually true.

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    Angelina Colarossi
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why their feet smell like Fritos

    Hans
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well...I guess when we say "dogs sweat by salivating" it is not meant literally but trasnfers the concept to the panting. After all, in both cases it is evaporation cooling.

    Sierra Batten
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this is true. When my dog seems nervous or she is hot, she pants, but she also had wet feet, or moist. Her leg pits seem to produce moisture too. But it could just be her...

    .gas.
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They actually don't sweat at all, hence the panting.

    SiD
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes dogs can sweat through their paws. Although if that happens it isn't good since it's a sign of stress.

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    AcousticGString
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call BS... we ALL know it was the aliens ;)

    PandasAreMyFav
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats what an alien would say...... 0.o 🤓🤔

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    Tish Christian
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Haul these unmovable rocks over here and make me a pyramid" ..."but it's 80 degrees" "QUIT MOANING ITS AN HONOUR!" "In that case..."

    Eglė Liubinaitė
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But this was written in all history books...I knew this from like 2nd grade

    Daria B
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With all the reapect to those who defend(ed) our countries, maybe someday in the future, people will think of soldiers as of slaves, while today we consider it as an honoured and brave thing. And then someone will try to debunk that belief, and someone else will arue that, "sure, an honour to kill and be killed, yeah...." or in a similar way.

    .gas.
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, a true "honor" of forced labor with the "privilege" of not being killed by your slave owners so long as you kept working.

    Master Markus
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blame the Bible for that misconception.

    Lex
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would you mind citing the verse that says that? Because that's interesting. I love studying about things like this.

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    Rana
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Evil manager tells me the same thing at my job....

    Kenneth Starr
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Respected laborers that were slaves

    Kenneth Starr
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So respected slaves. Just Egyptologists wanted to say they weren’t slaves. Nice try.

    Belle White
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My teacher put a question on a quiz to name an interesting fact about ancient Egypt. I put this on there and she counted it incorrect on account of inaccuracy. 😛

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    fossakitty
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not true either, they have very good vision - they just happen to operate mostly at night while flying at high speeds which the echolocation makes it easier to a) find insects and b) not run smack into trees or walls.

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    blugeagua
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the words of my psychology teacher in college, of course we all use 100% of our brains. If we only used 10%, we'd be on the floor flapping around with drool coming out of our mouths. So yes, that idea is obviously b******t.

    Arty
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this need to go more up the list...too many people still believe this! And Luc Besson didn't help...

    Ted Logan
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 10% statement originated in an 80s Scientology-advertising.

    Magpie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THANK YOU Ted Logan, I have been trying to find the start of this myth for years now.!

    John van den Berg
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So if you lose some of it it will effect you........

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    Jen Ainsley
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but if you wax and pluck then it damages the follicle making regrown hair weak and thinner

    Kay Kay Sancheese
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tested this out on my own body maybe it's the type of hair or ethnicity but it defiantly grew a lot thicker than the untouched hair

    Leanne Leanne
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time I heard "hair grows in thicker" I just assumed they meant because it's even length and not tapered. It was only until someone tried to counter the "myth" I was talking about that I realized people thought the actual hair strand was thicker than it used to be.

    Sarah Hankins
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell that to the blonde hair that was on my legs before I started shaving.

    Melinda Toth
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people shave babies heads to try and make their hair thicken up, no joke.

    Kay Kay Sancheese
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even when I let it grow back the same length than the untouched hair you could see the difference from a mile away

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    Benski Trenkins
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "He was slightly above average for a Frenchman at that time" conclusions: Frenchman were short hehehe. Kidding... human's average height has increased since then.

    Jasminka Tanner
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well he's shorter than me and I'm 14 and a girl

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    Benski Trenkins
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard this one lol. And it's absolutely ridiculous.

    Skunk Drunk
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard the myth was him failing science...

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    Yvonne Bernal
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An "impression of warmth" vs. real warmth . . . makes no difference to me - pass the brandy please

    Arty
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It don't "drop core body temperature"...but by dilating blood vessels it cause a better heat exchange with the air, thus loosing temperature much quickly

    Lex
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh. I actually believed this, this. But that explains it.

    Enoch Evenson
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At that point, does it even matter! :-)

    Arty
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe not for you but for certain people unfortunately counting on alcohol to take them warm outside it does :)

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    Emilia Kłos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were pictures of pyramids from space here not so much time ago...

    Jazmine Hawk
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those were pictures taken with a zoom lens though, you still can't see it just from space.

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    Megan Pippenger
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just worded wrong. The common misconception is that the Great Wall is visible from the moon, or from orbit. If you get high enough to be technically considered 'in space' LOTS of things are still visible. From orbit, not so much. From the moon, you can barely make out continents.

    Michael Smith
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-made_structures_visible_from_space

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    Fire Bird
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people have none. They are called senseless.

    Lisa Florina
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop with the stupid grade comment. It's makes me wonder if you keep saying this to compensate something.

    Pi...
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It depends on what you exactly call "senses"...

    Benny Fong
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently @lisaflorina has no sense of humor

    Rana
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    9 years ago

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    those scientists are stupid

    Eglė Liubinaitė
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Acctually it's true, so that kinda makes you stupid. Don't be mad at me

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    Eglė Liubinaitė
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    9 years ago

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    Grade 2, my dad told me about this already

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    Rachel Brenner-Goldstein
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a psychology scholar and traumatic brain injury survivor, I'm going to go ahead and call BS here

    Pushpinder Gill
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have ready the opposite in psychology literature.

    Vego
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    9 years ago

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYbgdo8e-8

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    Sarah Lennie
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Artificial colours and preservatives on the other hand.....

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    Adam Bryce
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what about ambidextrous people? any difference in fingering their nails? :-)

    Lilya
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You make me think differently about these facts when I read these comments! :)

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    Iapetos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fantastic - I didn't know that before.

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    Master Markus
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, well, "above sea level" is how most people would measure height, so while it's not technically, specifically correct, it's still the tallest mountain standing on uncovered land.

    Benski Trenkins
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ehm there's a distinct difference between tallest and highest. If a 6ft person stands on a 1 foot crate he is higher than me but not taller.

    Sabal Minor
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I'm with Markus- highest in terms of how far UP⬆We don't care what's below the damn water!

    Iapetos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I do measure from sea level.

    స్టీఫెన్ ఆండ్రూ
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's more accurate to measure from the centre of the Earth. Thus the tallest mountain on Earth is Aconcagua in Argentina.

    Hans
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An it is considered to have been many thousand feet (up to 7000 km) higher, but due to the immense weight sunk into the ocean ground. The geological story behind Hawaii is thrilling!

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    Arty
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Facts You Always Believed Are Actually Fake"...it should have been stated "In the US". Damn...41%...this explain latest election. Sorry...already on my way!

    Jody Wentworth
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who didn't know this? Do you mean that people actually think that humans and dinosaurs existed together? (Not to offend you if you didn't know this)...

    Iapetos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You U. S. people are a funny folk ;-)

    AcousticGString
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idk have you ever seen Alligators, Crocodiles, Komoto Dragons AND rhinos!! lol

    Vego
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These species are "older" than dinosaurs.

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    Pi...
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bet Ross Geller knew that!

    Jewel Farmer
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandfather didn't know this. I really think his generation believed the Flintstones.

    guess
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    >:0 how do 41% of us NOT know this??

    Pavel Nekoranec
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true, I've seen this documentary, where they lived together and even having petting zoo on island or something!

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    Alexandru Rosu
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually it means Save our Souls...not ship..

    Fire Bird
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about SOS pads? What is that? Save on Suds?

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    Pi...
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, is that better?

    Carolina Santos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it is somehow still possible to recover damaged brain cells, while if cells are dead there's no turn back.

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    SiD
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably biggest issue with heavy drinking is the poor diet that comes along with it, and creates vitamine shortages, and that can give severe consequences.

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    Cassandra Bierl
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umami is actually the deliciousness taste... or however you want to word it. It's the sense of deliciousness

    Sarah Hankins
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's unfortunate about this is that I had a teacher in elementary school use a whole day to teach my class about how different parts of the tongue taste different things. -__-

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    Hans
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Salty water ought to boild slightly above 100°C...

    Elina
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No difference. Takes longer. Contradictory?

    Lex
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just put salt in water to flavor the food a little.

    Aleksander Atanasov
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are putting salt to our boiling spaghetti because otherwise they will stick to each other

    Jena Alfaro
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adding salt before water boils can damage non stick pans.

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    David Brannan
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah sorry but yr wrong.The latest investigation found a contemporary news article in an archive

    David Brannan
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which contained the info about the cut it named the doctor who provided medical assistance immediately after. They contacted his living relative's who had in their possession a detailed drawing he did as part of his medical duties. Look it up

    Leanne Leanne
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woah woah, was no one else told it was because he had tinnitus?

    Greyfiction
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bernadette Murphy is the name of the lady that tracked down the "ear" story. If I'm not mistaking there's also a BBC documentary on this :) But however, the phrase in the picture is somehow correct as it's based on the information available before the documentary (the documentary was released somewhere in aug. 2016).

    Yugan Talovich
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He gave it to a girl who worked as a maid in a brothel.

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    Carolina Santos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! All those years feeling guilty about my digestive system's walls

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    Jared Gricoskie
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cattle like most non-primate or nocturnal mammals are dichromatic, not colorblind. They see blue, yellow and some green, not red, orange, or purple.

    Bridgette David
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it was meant in the generic since of the word. In other words, unable to see some colors.

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    Lex
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As far as I'm aware, humans are the only known species to be able to see in full color. Right?

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    MADELEINE KIMBALL
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we just assume, because there were three gifts, but it could have been a caravan of 50

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    Arty
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    depend of the height of the object, like for any object on earth, an elephant or a penny. The speed at which an object fall is not dependant of their weight.

    Micah Shenk
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They aren't referencing the speed at which it's falling, they are referencing the weight of the penny falling at terminal velocity. Force is equal to mass times acceleration. In this instance, at terminal velocity, the lethality of this example is 100% dependent on weight.

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    Nora Elisabeth
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also incorrect. The short of breath thing does not come directly from a full stomach. It cones from the less blood in your muscles as a result of a full stomach. However, this can be trained. As a swimmer you eat and swim all the time.

    Ronda Schoeman
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am with you on this one. I've seen people vomit too. And yes, you may get cramps, usually stomach cramps when you eat and swim. As for real swimmers, they have no issues with this at all. The short breath thing may happen as most people do know know how to handle the water to begin with, not from the food. By the way, there are beer-athlons in GER after some swim events, where the swimmers need to drink a full can of beer and then race. I am not saying I am for this traditions, but again, it is all about the swimmer. And having said that, I've seen an Olympic swimmer almost drown after a party... so yes, just be careful and think before you do. (I am a life saver by profession by the way and deal with this on a daily basis). In short: I disagree with this picture too.

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    Leanne Leanne
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've definitely experienced this many times, but maybe because I'm slightly lactose intolerant?

    Dawn Frank
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you know that calcium isn't that good for bones? It's actually magnesium!!

    Alexandra McManus
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mucus is just dead cells that the healthy cells are attacking, that's why it appears that we have more mucus when we are sick.

    Sondre Strøm Linde
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I refuse to believe this is not true. Milk increases mucus, and makes you sick too. I quit dairy and my health has never been better.

    Sarah Hankins
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From my experience with colds and dairy products, this sounds like b******t.

    ShroomsGarden
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Medical journals say that milk can increase mucus.... so I call BS

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    Fire Bird
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually adding olive oil to pasta prevents it from boiling over.

    ChilliNr1
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adding oil makes it harder to combine pasta with pesto. Use a wodden stick over the pot to prevent it from boiling over.

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    Arty
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some people really believe you can get warts from toads?

    Nora Elisabeth
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really. Warts are caused by a virus. Humans do not produce that virus, so you can get it wherever it is. So"only from humans" is incorrect.

    Iapetos
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recommend you to waste some time learning how viruses work...

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    Yugan Talovich
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They must have been thinking about British football hooligans when they named that one.

    Tee Witt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Picking on the british again when other countries are doing much more damage to the world

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    Magpie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We humans have this weird thing with statistics. It is like we hallucinate just a bit. We see / believe things that are not quite there.

    Tee Witt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have found in my family people do tend to die in 3's and then there will be a few years gap before it starts again.

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    Hiruya
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not only celebreties. It's family and relatives and friends and... So werden say where I come from

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    Magpie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When does my lived experience become data ?

    Sophie Macken
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmmm.... MSG seems to give me a headache every time ?

    Samuel Jay Brown
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe its placebo? I could be wrong but its possible right?

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    Deana
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    HAHAHA...take that Kim K!

    Sarah Hankins
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody is literal when they say something is going to break the internet. Who ever came up with these sounds more and more like an insufferable know-it-all the further down the list you go. lol

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    Dawn Frank
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like if your bald, baby's are bald and that's why they loose body heat that way

    Marga Spaans-Vlam
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, their head is far larger relative to their body than adult heads are relative to adult bodies. Also not all babies are bald ;)

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