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26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by 2odd(m): 10:37pm On Dec 24, 2015 |
. The word “Bleep” was never an English term meaning “Fornication Under Consent of King.” It likely comes from the Dutch fokken, the German ficken or the Norwegian fukka. 2. “420” is not the Los Angeles police code for marijuana use. Some guys claim they invented “420” at San Rafael High School in 1971, when a group of stoners would go smoke under a statue every day at 4:20 PM, but who knows? 3. Napoleon Bonaparte was not short. Or well, tiny. He was 5’7’’, which was more or less standard height in 1821. His nickname le Petit Corporal was a term of endearment, and not meant to be taken literally. 4. There is no “real” you. If you treat people poorly, or start fights in bars, or steal, or hit dogs, or pick on the weak kid in school, you are not, nor can you be, “actually a good person on the inside.” You are an asshole. 5. Waking sleepwalkers does not harm them. They may get disoriented for a bit, but it can’t hurt them. Letting them walk around a house asleep, on the other hand, could harm them pretty good. 6. Bulls can’t see the color red as any different from any other bright colors. It does not enrage them. Rather, the aggressive posturing of the matador is what causes them to charge. 7. Humans have more than five senses. Most humanistic social scientists (the guys who study such things) believe they have at least nine, and some argue up to twenty senses. In addition to touch, taste, sight, hearing and smell, humans can sense pain, hunger, thirst, pressure, balance, acceleration, and time, among others. 8. Hair and fingernails do not continue growing after people die. Rather, the skin cells surrounding the nails and hair follicles die and shrink away, giving the perception of growth. 9. Outside of your family and perhaps a very few close friends, no one on earth cares that much about you. Unless you’re a celebrity. 10. Albert Einstein never failed math in school. He once failed an entrance exam to a gifted students’ school, but he was two years younger than everyone else taking the test, and he aced the math and science sections of the exam. 11. Life expectancy in the Middle Ages was low (around 30), but that was caused by a huge infant mortality rate. Most people who lived past infancy didn’t die at 30. If you made it to 21 in medieval England, your average life expectancy at that point became 64. 12. Men don’t think about sex every seven seconds. 13. Vaccines don’t cause autism. The only study that ever linked the two was shown to have faulty data and the lead scientist fudged the results. 14. George Washington never had wooden teeth. His dentures were made of gold, hippo ivory, lead, and human teeth. 15. Also, George Washington never smoked pot. He did grow cannabis on his property, but that was for hemp to make clothing for his slaves. 16. Chewing gum doesn’t take seven years to digest. In fact, you don’t digest it at all. Shoots right 18. While we’re on a Christianity kick, nowhere in the Bible does it identify Christ’s birthday at December 25. Bible scholars put his birthday sometime in September, but there’s no specific date. Pope Julius the First most likely set the December date. He may have been tying it in to a winter solstice festival, or celebrating the date of the conception of Christ (nine months before the September date of his birth). 19. The forbidden fruit is never explicitly stated to be an apple. It’s just a fruit. 20. Jihad does not mean “holy war.” It translates literally as “struggle.” 21. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb. His was the first practical light bulb that could be used at home and wouldn’t burn out, but others had invented similar devices beforehand. 22. Dogs don’t sweat by salivating. Panting helps cool them down, but dogs have sweat glands other places besides their tongues, including the pads of their feet. 23. Frankenstein wasn’t the name of the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel. The medical student who created him was named Frankenstein. The monster was nameless. (Also, Frankenstein was a medical student, not a doctor, as he is commonly referred.) 24. Drug “flashbacks” are a psychological response, and not the result of leftover drugs being stored in your fat cells. 25. Marilyn Monroe never said, “Well behaved women rarely make history.” Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher said it. advertisement 26. Marie Antoinette did not say, “Let them eat cake.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau first wrote the phrase when Marie was only ten years old. 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Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Walexey(m): 6:09am On Dec 25, 2015 |
Awesome... Tnkx 4 d info.. . |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Oche211(m): 6:30am On Dec 25, 2015 |
Ok modified....these re amazing. Only baba God knws how many more things we believe dat aren't real. Merry xmas Op |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Basit99(m): 7:37am On Dec 25, 2015 |
merry Xmas to u OP nice write up |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by musicwriter(m): 8:08am On Dec 25, 2015 |
This's why I'm creating "unlearn" to address this sort of learned untrues. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Ewizard(m): 8:16am On Dec 25, 2015 |
Really |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by dBard: 9:26am On Dec 25, 2015 |
Ladies, please note # 12... |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by OlayinkaFawaz(m): 9:47am On Dec 25, 2015 |
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Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Rockyrascal(m): 9:59am On Dec 25, 2015 |
I don't even have a clue about the stuffs listed above, talk more of believing they were actually true |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by afanide: 10:32am On Dec 25, 2015 |
Interesting |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Nobody: 10:38am On Dec 25, 2015 |
I dont agree with number 6, but I am willing to Google it and learn. If the bull is enraged by the aggressive posturing of the matador, then it should charge at the body of the matador rather than the red cloth. Also, if bulls manage to break out of their enclosures, they seem to always charge bystanders wearing red clothing first. Also, number 9 has no correlation to the list. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by daamazing(m): 11:19am On Dec 25, 2015 |
Basit99:m sure u didnt read it,go tru 18 again. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Nobody: 11:20am On Dec 25, 2015 |
interesting |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by 2odd(m): 11:49am On Dec 25, 2015 |
adeaks: Spanish matadors began using a small red cape, or muleta, in bullfighting around the 1700s. Ever since, it seems, people have perpetuated the color-charged myth that red makes bulls go wild. An 1,800-pound bull can hook a grown man with his horns and toss him 30 feet in the air, so the MythBusters set out to find a way to test this myth — carefully. They decided to put makeshift matadors into an arena, each holding a flag of a different color, and wait for an angry bull to see red. The red, blue and white flags got equal, half- hearted attacks when they were motionless. In order to elicit an aggressive charge response from the bull, the flags had to be waved. Turns out, the color red isn't what causes bulls to attack. In fact, bulls don't seem to have any color preference at all. They'll charge whichever object is moving the most, which means this old myth can get tossed right out of the ring. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by smsshola(m): 12:02pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Many things need to be correct... |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Nobody: 12:26pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Op you forgot to add God and Jesus |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by mynd44isabastard: 12:44pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Walexey:okay |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Akosxxx(m): 12:59pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
let them know number 21 |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Nobody: 1:26pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Alright.. Cool... |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by falcon01: 3:23pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Basit99(m): 4:19pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
daamazing:guy believe in what u believe and lemme believe what I believe....... period |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by vault(m): 5:48pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
aii. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by OmichaelO: 6:28pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
2odd:It was part of Telsa's work. Edison was a bully, that took advantage of young Telsa's during their time |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Henrypraise: 8:56pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
M not sure number 6 is entirely true, weneva we make survey pegs using red caution tapes @ our work sites, on our return in d mornin, d bulls in d area av scattered d pegs, so we started using yellow caution tapes n guess wat, de don't care abt d pegs n we come bak to meet dem just as we left dem. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by iykofias(m): 9:03pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
J |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Kossy23: 9:07pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
interesting I learnt something new today. Op, thanks for that. |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by b3llo(m): 9:53pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Very informative... |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by drizslim(m): 10:40pm On Dec 25, 2015 |
Lol
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Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by Nobody: 4:28am On Dec 26, 2015 |
Educating!..Thank you |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by HomieQuan(m): 8:08am On Dec 26, 2015 |
nice |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by nigeriancuban: 8:54am On Dec 26, 2015 |
fact! |
Re: 26 Things We Believe Are True, But Aren’t by fasho01(m): 10:56am On Dec 26, 2015 |
Good one. Nice! |
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