30 Biggest Hoaxes That Some People Still Believe In

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Lol. How do you make 50% of Americans lose their minds? Prefix any word with 'social'.

Personally, I love anti-vaxxers because they remind me that no matter how bad my day gets I’ll never be that selfish, stupid, or misinformed.

Company loyalty is to itself first and last. You'll be cut as soon as they don't need you

Yup. Let's try 'trickle-up' economics. Poor people spend their money. Wealthy people hoard it.

Cutting taxes on the rich gives them cash to buy out their competition, merge the companies, and then lay workers off. We've only seen that happen a couple of thousand times.

Those scams 😩

Recently, homeopathic eye drops have caused blindness so not so harmless

My brain refuses to believe this but my heart knows people are this stupid

For those who need to hear it - MSG does not taste "salty". My ignorance - but for years I thought it was just a more potent alternative to salt. Probably due to sodium being it's middle name and me equating that to sodium chloride (common table salt). Then I watched a video on the origins of MSG and what it really is and a few months ago I bought a bag at my local Asian grocery and have been enjoying it in some dishes. I have cooked before with kombu (a type of kelp that adds some umami). When I touched my finger to some MGS and ate a couple of crystals I was surprised at how much it tastes like kombu. Which is the point. MSG is a super easy way to add some umami. If you are Asian or otherwise already knew this then have a laugh at my expense. But if you didn't know - now you do. Either way - you're welcome. LOL

To be fair, gym teachers aren't exactly on the A squad when it comes to academics. (That wasn't fair, I'm still bitter about my experiences at school my PE teacher was a vicious cow - and she took waaaay to much interest in the red-heads showering 🤔)

Crystals are however an essential part of lasers, and lasers are cool.

I always like to add a little lemon to my alkaline water. /s

The reward for hard work is more work.

You use about 83% of it just to go to the washroom.

They only make the Pharaohs rich.

I know nothing about this, but it sounds like this myth could’ve been started by police forces, so that idiot criminals will believe it

People are mostly freaked out about TRANSGENIC food that has other genes from other species inserted. First the majority of GMO foods are simply bred that way. Gene insertion has also been rigorously tested by FDA and USDA. BTW, my degree is in FOOD SCIENCE. These modified foods allow us to grow hardier crops that need less pesticide and fungicide and keep people from STARVING TO DEATH.

its just air that has been built up is all,it dosnt harm you or anything

Toblerone.

It does in a way. The hair is thicker near the base, so when you cut the thin top and it grows a little, it will feel and look a little thicker.

Being cold can, however weaken the immune system causing you to be more prone to colds

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If someone's peddling their 'get rich quick' scheme through books, classes or workshops you are actually a contributing part of their scheme. If they genuinely had all the answers they'd already be rich and wouldn't need or want to pass their secrets on to anyone else.

A GOOD chiropractor can actually help a lot. And most (??) these days use those point specific 'thunkers' instead of the old school 'smash and twist your back" method. I don't have room here but both me and a good friend have gotten help / relief from some specific issues. But I do agree with OP about "on a frequent basis". It is something I did when I needed it, not a routine thing I do.

The problem is the lack of education on food in general and not knowing about food safety in combination with companies cutting corners left and right with cheap mass production. Humans can't properly digest raw flour. If you try it, you'll get horrible stomach pains. From badly cooked yeast you'll get bloated and gassy. But companies nowaday bake cheap bread on roll through ovens. The flour and yeast doesn't cook completely through. So if you have problems after eating wheat bread, try toasting the bread before eating. If that helps, you have neither celiac disease nor gluten intolerance. Either change the brand of bread you buy or keep toasting it if you can't afford different bread. Now, I'm sure now some people will whine: BuT iF I EaT GlUtEn FrEe I dOn'T hAvE pRoBleMs... Yes, of course, that's because most gluten free alternatives either don't have wheat or the gluten is removed and you only eat the starch which means that the wheat was processed and often has no yeast.

This was invented by pool owners to reduce puke in the pool.

Cheerio mate, fancy a spot of carrots so we can spot them German jets? I’ll go right ahead and fetch them old chap.

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I used to walk to school with wet hair in the winter. Which would freeze. I would be brushing ice out of my hair for a half hour. Never got sick.

Rickets is almost eliminated in countries with mIlk consumption.

I've never heard anyone say "recycling is saving the environment". Recycling makes sense, reduces some raw material requirements, and is beneficial to the environment, though "saving", nope.

REDUCE

just about all recyclables were shipped to China, as it was far from cost effective to do it here. China is no longer taking it as it's too contaminated with garbage. Now that recycling frequently just winds up in a landfill. Only thing that's recyclable any more is aluminum cans.

Most recycling done by cities just sits in landfills , all separated but goes no where. There is NO secondary market except for glass which is too heavy and expensive to transport. there is a market for white bond paper but 90 percent of that is picked up from offices, not households. The best solution is a high efficiency incinerator such as those used by Copenhagen and the Shetland Islands, but activists stop that and politicians are wimps

BS, it's only advised because of the landfill situation,does nothing for the envi

What gets me is in America they tell you they can't use this plastic again and that paper product again and the rest of the world is using it all. If it's plastic or paper and it's not recyclable then they should've never made it. In this day in time, I can't think of any reason for making anything that can't be recycled in some way.

Much of what you think is being recycled is in fact being sent to landfills.

it isn’t hurting though…

If you rinse off your stuff to recycle, how does that get you ahead when you are using water

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Well...it has the potential to make it better, but absolutely no one does it. Only 10% of plastic produced ends up recycled, and most of that was done by shipping it off to China....but China has decided not to do that anymore. Plastic production is at 400 million tonnes, and 50% of that is SINGLE USE plastic that cannot be recycled even if people were so inclined. The problem isn't the companies producing this stuff, the problem is the consumers that continue to create demand, while pretending they don't play a role.

Many studies now show that recycling causes increased environmental problems. The process often uses large amounts of chemicals, water, and energy and releases harmful pollutants (especially where metals and plastics are concerned). Only about 32% of our trash actually gets recycled into useful objects. The rest goes to landfill (food-tainted paper/cardboard etc) or is shipped to Asia (plastic, etc). Multiple credible/peer-reviewed sources (including Greenpeace, The Guardian, Forbes, Time Magazine, Reuters, The Plastic Pollution Coalition, etc) suggest it's a myth that makes us feel better, but people just don't want to hear it.