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December 16, 2023

Information is quite plentiful, so by immediately believing a random fact, you can move on to gobbling up the next one, right? Well, you may have thought that all that pesky research was just slowing down your fact consumption, but somebody slipped you a few outdated duds. It’s time to go all Ms. Frizzle on your brain, dig out the misinformation and replace it with the goods!

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EATING ORGANIC FOOD PREVENTS CANCER. Except it doesn't. In 2014, University of Oxford conducted a study of 600, 000 women and found no significant difference in the cancer rates of subjects who ate strictly organic food. CRACKED.COM — Source

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D Think ADHD is 5 overdiagnosed? CONRSON not #:08 SMS 2 MOVE that A 2014 report found that doctors make legitimate diagnoses based on best practices 90% of the time. ADHD is actually underdiagnosed in girls because their symptoms tend to be less disruptive to a classroom. GRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Burglars only strike at night, SO it's okay to turn off the alarms during the day. Not according to the FBI. Their statistics show that break-ins happen twice more often during the day than at night. — Source

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-You-use-10% of your brain. It's a common misconception that we only use 10% of our brains. In reality, research has shown that we use almost all of our brain, and that most of it is active most of the time. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED Metabolism speed is set, and it matters for weight loss. Your metabolism is partly determined by your genes, but the main factor in whether you gain or lose weight is the balance of calories you take in and burn off. — Source

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Your-bacteria massively outnumber your own cells It's often thought that for every human cell in our body, there are 10 bacteria and other microbes. But it's more likely that there's actually a roughly equal number of both. CRACKED — Source

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What you eat affects your blood cholesterol. It's a common belief that eating, say, eggs will raise your cholesterol levels and put you at risk for heart and artery disease. But research has shown that the cholesterol you eat doesn't really affect the amount of cholesterol in your blood. CRACKED — Source

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Serial killers aren't all the hyper-geniuses the media makes them out to be. The average IQ of an American serial killer is 95, just below the national average of 98. Their intelligence varies like with any other group of people. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THINK YOUR FORGETFUL PAL HAS GOLDFISH MEMORY? 5 6 10 50 in 15 45 20 40 35 30 25 THINK AGAIN. Contrary to popular belief, that goldfish have a three second memory span, studies have shown that they can remember and recollect information for periods as long as five months, better than most other fish. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Bisexuality is NOT just a phase. Research shows that women who identified as bisexual maintained attractions to both genders over a decade long study. By the end of it only 8% of women changed their identity to either straight or lesbian. GRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Mexican immigration into the USA is higher than ever, right? About time we built that wall, right? Wrong. Nada-cue The declarar doctorar - que - Nada que declarar . que migrants is at its lowest since the 1990s. In fact, - more Mexicans have returned than entered since 2000. — Source

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MYTH: BROWN EGGS ARe BeTTeR FOR YOU. FACT: ALL SHeLL COLORS ARe eQUALLY HEALTHY. There's no difference in the nutritional value of eggs based on whether their shells are white or brown. The color is based on the breed of the chicken that laid it. Not only are they equally nutritious, they taste the same. CRACKED.COM http://content time com/time/health/article/0, 8599, ,2002334, 00.html — Source

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MYTH: FRESH PRODUCE IS HEALTHIER THAN CANNED OR FROZEN. FACT: PRESERVED FOODS HAVE moRe NUTRIENTS. Unless you're harvesting your fruit and vegetables from your own garden, that fresh produce has likely traveled over a distance before landing on your table. During that time, it has lost vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Freezing and canning stops that loss, because it locks the nutrients in. CRACKED.COM http://abcnews.go.com/Health/reasons-buy-frozen-fruits-veggies/story?id=20683879#1 — Source

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MYTH: BREAD GeTS STALE BECAUSE IT DRIES OUT. FACT: STALeness comes FROM TOO MUCH MOISTURE. When bread gets too much moisture, the starches in the bread start to crystallize, making the bread tough and stale. And refrigerating bread won't keep it fresher. Low temperatures actually speed up the crystallization process. CRACKED.COM https://kitchen-myths. com/2011/11/19/myth-bread-becomes-stale-by-drying-out/ — Source

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MYTH: DIETING? YOU SHOULD eAT CALORIE- BURNING FOODS. 80 Pd 100 FACT: THERE'S no SUCH THING. So-called negative calorie foods tend to be some sort of fruit or vegetable that supposedly contains fewer calories than it takes to digest it. But the calories your body burns in fueling the digestive cycle are minuscule compared with the calories in the food itself. Even chewing, and even celery. CRACKED.COM content ime.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804 1896439_1896359_1896346,00.html — Source

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MYTH: LOBSTERS SCREAM WHen YOU BOIL THem! FACT: WHAT YOU HEAR IS eSCAPING STeAM. When you toss a lobster into a pot of boiling water, steam builds up in the recesses of its shell and has nowhere to go but out - like a tea kettle. Not only is it not screaming, your lobster isn't even all that pissed at you. Because its nervous system isn't very complex, it's feeling little to no pain. CRACKED.COM http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=722163&page=1#. Tw3VLPIVTKc — Source

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CRACKED Your heart is on your-left side. It's a myth that the heart is on the left side of the chest. Actually, the heart is in the middle of the chest, but it's slightly tilted to the left. — Source

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CRACKED Lactic acid makes your muscles-sore after a workout. Lactic acid build-up is actually a natural defense mechanism. The soreness is caused by damage to the muscle cells and an increase in the release of different metabolites into the tissue around the muscle cells. — Source

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CRACKED Milk is good for your bones. It's a myth that drinking milk can stop you from getting bone fractures or osteoporosis. In fact, if you drink a lot of dairy products when you're a teenager, you might be more likely to get bone fractures when you're older. — Source

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CRACKED Shaved hair grows back thicker. Shaving doesn't change the color, thickness, or how fast the hair grows. It might feel a bit coarser or stubbly when it starts to grow back, which can make it seem darker or thicker, but it's not actually changing. — Source

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CRACKED Sugar makes you-hyper. It's been a long-held belief that eating too much sugar can make kids hyperactive, but science has found no clear proof of this. That said, it's possible sugar can still affect behavior in other ways, like changing how certain brain chemicals are made. — Source

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Taste receptors are neatly grouped. We often think that the taste receptors for salty, sweet, bitter and sour are only located in certain parts of the tongue, but that's not true. Actually, these receptors are spread out all over the tongue. CRACKED — Source

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Urine is sterile. It's a myth that pee is totally clean. In reality, even healthy people have some bacteria in their urine. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED.COM Everybody knows that Jamaica is a stoner country, right? Nope! Jamaica strictly banned all forms of marijuana use until 2015. Even now, they allow only 2 ounces per person. In comparison, Colorado legalized marijuana sooner than Jamaica! — Source

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MYTH Siberia is a frozen wasteland. REALITY Parts of Siberia have beautiful summers. Novosibirsk reached 87.8°F (31°C) last June. CRACKED.COM — Source

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ANTARCTICA Is not completely covered with ice and snow. Pictured: Wright Valley, one of several that make up the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Also visible is Lake Vanda. — Source

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Myth: Madagascar is all jungle and primitive tribes. Reality: It has a thriving economy with its own airlines, 5 star hotels, - MAGAGASCAR and shopping malls. The capital city of Antananarivo has a population of 1.4 million. ... GRACKED GON — Source

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Myth: Somalia has the highest rate of piracy in the world. Reality: The piracy rate in Somalia has dropped significantly since 2013. Now most pirate attacks take place near Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. CRACKED COM — Source

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WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO LONDON, DON'T EVER CALL THIS TOWER BIG BEN.THE TOWER ITSELF IS CALLED ELIZABETH TOWER. NOW THIS IS BIG BEN. BIG BEN IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE BELL INSIDE THE ELIZABETH TOWER. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Everyone pictures Kenya as a wild or impoverished land But in reality Kenya is a modern state with bustling cities and a capital home to over three million people. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SOCHI, RUSSIA, HOST OF THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS SOMETIMES Looks LIKE THIS BUT MOST OF THE TIME, ITLOOKS LIKE THIS: CRACKED.COM — Source

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