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Some argue that there are normal question, and then there are stupid questions. Others say there are no stupid questions at all. I say there are questions that need to be asked, and then there are questions that nobody asked, but it’s nice there are discussions around it.

TikToker @ShowerThoughtsWMike pointed out that people often forget that there was once a time when glasses weren’t a thing, which potentially explains many historical myths and legends.

And this raises a good question—what is a myth that ended up being a result of poor eyesight? While we can’t say for sure, the internet sure as hell tried to speculate on the question, giving rise to a pretty fun Twitter thread.

Image Credits: ShowerThoughtsWMike

Check out some of the best, weirdest, and most thought-provoking myths people pointed out in the curated list below, and while you’re at it, why not vote, comment, and suggest your own myths that could’ve been due to someone sucking at using their visual organs.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Originally called a cameleopard. Camel - leopard. I mean, the leopard makes a kind of sense....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or a topless guy standing next to a horse that happened to have lowered it's head to eat or drink something

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Belugas have knees and are more likely to be the ones mistaken for mermaids

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also migraines sometimes makes people see "auras". You see someone that seems to be shining with a supernatural light and suddenly you're "punished" with extreme pain for "laying your mortal eyes upon divinity".

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mountain lions scream like a woman when in heat. It is terrifying if you don't know what it is.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Prophets and such could have been people with awful eyesight seeing some things blend a little

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was at the dinosaur exhibit once at a museum in the city and they had recently added a pterodactyl to the collection. I was looking up at it and thinking to myself that I’d probably hide if I saw something that big coming towards me, when a woman next to me says “Imagine that thing flying over you and taking a dump..” I actually imagined that for a couple of seconds and then cracked up laughing. I think I said you’d probably want to make sure you could swim..

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