The "The Biggest Myths You Thought Were True!" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Going through my junk email (I know...my wife warned be about doing this after the last scam I fell for) when I came upon a link to a story titled "10 Facts You Thought Were True But Aren't).  Should I click on it or not?  What could happen if I did?  Would it destroy my computer and send smoke into the air?  I clicked on it!  Waited a few seconds and when I didn't smell smoke, or even see any, I began to read the 20 facts that I thought were true, but aren't.  So...you ready for them? 

1. The truth about unsticking pasta.  Oil stops pasta from, sticking together...NOT TRUE.  Oil actually makes the pasta greasy.  The stirring prevents it from sticking.
2. The truth about Left and Right brain.  There is not solid division between the talents of both hemisphere and if one can learn better than the other.
3. The truth about the Three Wise Men.  Nowhere in the Bible does it state that there were three wise men.  Due to the fact that there were three gifts at the cradle on the birth of Jesus, people just assumed there were three wise men.
4. The truth about how dogs sweat.  Dogs sweat by salivating—nope, they regulate their body temperature through panting.  Dogs actually sweat via their footpads.
5. The truth about water rotation in toilets.  A flushed toilet does not rotate the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere.  The Coriolis effect doesn't alter water in toilets.
6. The truth about Albert Einstein.  Albert Einstein failed mathematics—this is not true.  He failed an entrance examination for a school but he excelled in mathematics.
7. The truth about vaccines and Autism.  Vaccines do not cause Autism.  Groundless fears based on manipulated results and fraudulent research has fueled this belief.
8. The truth about alcohol and brain cells.  Alcohol does not kill brain cells.  Even in alcoholics and very heavy drinkers, brain cells aren't killed, just damaged.
9. The truth about your tongue.  There aren't different parts of the tougue for each type of taste: sour, bitter, salty, sweet and savory or meaty.
10. The truth about a missing person report.  The police do not require 24 hours before you can report a missing person.  Once you believe the person is missing you can make the report.
11. The truth about only using 10% of your brain.  The proportion of the brain that is active at any one time is completely task dependent, however, ultimately every section of your brain is active practically every day.
12. The truth about sleepwalkers.  It is actually fine to wake sleepwalkers, they will be confused for sure, but they will be OK.  In fact it is better to wake them than allow them to possibly cause injury to themselves.
13. Milk does not increase mucus in anyway.  There is no need to avoid diary if you have a cold.
14. The Truth about bananas.  Bananas do not grow on trees, they grow on large herbs that just resemble trees.
15. The truth about bats.  As blind as a bat...Bats are not blind, not only can they see but they also use echolocation.
16. The truth about shaving.  Shaving does not thicken hair nor is it darker or coarser.  It simply appears that way because the hair grows back with a blunt tip.
17. The truth about chewing gum.  The chewy base of the gum is not digestible but passes straight through your digestive system, it does not take 7 years to digest.  The remainder is simply absorbed.
18. The truth about Adam And Eve.  Adam and Eve did not eat an apple.  They ate the forbidden "fruit", there is nowhere it Genesis that states the fruit was an apple.
19. The truth about the Egyptian Pyramids.  Slaves did not build the pyramids, this ancient construction job was considered a great honor granted only to the respected laborers, who remain entombed near the site today, according to the Egyptologists.
20. The truth about Ninjas.  Ninjas didn't wear black, the outfit came from years of fiction and folklore.  Actual ninjas wore anything that would help them blend into daily life.

Well, how'd you do.  Did you know the truth about everyone of the 20.  I certainly didn't.  #17 can't be correct, since it was close to 7 years ago that I was chewing a piece of Black Jack and swallowed it.  And, it was almost exactly 7 years to the day that it came out, still black.  Geez, I sure hope that was gum! Now I'm beginning to worry!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.