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| While Schizophrenia means ‘split-mind’, it is not the same as split personality disorder. |
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| They don’t, the Coriolis Effect does not affect toilets. |
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| This is only true for alcoholics who rely on alcohol for their caloric intake. |
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| This rumor was spread by a British former doctor by the name of Andrew Wakefield, who had his medical license revoked after his research linking autism to vaccinations was proven to be an elaborate fraud. |
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| While caffeine itself does increase the need to urinate, the amount of water in coffee negates the loss of fluids. |
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| You won’t cramp, but swimming with a full stomach might make you short of breath. |
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| Nope. Dogs actually sweat through their footpads. They do use their tongues to regulate their body temperature, however. |
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| Actually, the banana plant itself is basically a huge herb, which is related to grass, not trees. |
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| Simply not true. Birds have a limited sense of smell, so they won’t abandon their offspring just because you touched it. The reason you shouldn’t touch them is because they’re very delicate. |
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| Taste buds are distributed all over the tongue, and each part can sense sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (savory). |
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| They do get cancer, sorry. |
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| Black holes are just immensely dense objects, which causes them to have an incredibly strong gravitational pull. |
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| If you wake a sleepwalker up, they might be confused, and that’s about it. A sleepwalker is more likely to hurt themselves during an episode. |
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| No, they’re not. They can see pretty well, and also use echolocation. |
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| Bulls are colorblind. It is actually the movement of the cloth that makes them feel threatened. (The red color is for the human spectators) |
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| While a small percentage of people may suffer short-term symptoms after consuming MSG, there is no proof that it causes any symptoms in the greater majority of the population. |
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| Never happened. They were actually invented to prevent masturbation. |
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| Research has disproven that and has shown that ADHD and hyper behavior occurs also with children on a sugar-free diet. |
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| Alcohol causes blood vessels near the skin to dilate, creating a false sensation of warmth. Meanwhile, alcohol causes the core temperature to drop, increasing the risk of hypothermia. |
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| The concept of the black belt only came about in 1880, as a way to show competence level in basic moves of judo fighters. It has nothing to do with being a “master” of a martial art. |
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