things the masses of people seem to believe that aren't true.

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I am not talking about conspiracies here that can't be proven with a bit of digging but more false stuff that seems to stick in the minds of the general population as truths.

1. All/majority of lotto winners go broke after 5 years. I have seen this touted out a lot yet there is no known source of it as no such research exists. There is the handful of bad stories that are circulated but this is only a minority out of 1000s of big winners worldwide. Infact, I recall the tabloids doing a feature with winners to celebrate Camelot's 20th anniversary or so and many winners had said their lives were better.

1. Marriage means all assets are split 50/50. Another huge misconception.

1. Prenups will protect 1 in divorce- again I think 2 and 3 come from people watching tv shows and movies that use this as factual when it's not.

1. Elvis sings 'Lonely this Christmas.'

1. The capital of Brazil is Rio.

That you lose most body heat from your head. Nope.

www.bbc.com/future/article/20130708-is-most-heat-lost-from-your-head

And it gets done to death every Christmas: but no, the name Santa Claus is not of American origin, and the Coca Cola company did not invent his red costume.

Worker bees in a hive are all female. Drones are male and do not leave the hive and are stingless.

That there's loads of food to avoid in pregnancy. I've had family say I shouldn't eat salmon & eggs, for example, even though I follow NHS guidelines.
The list of foods to totally avoid is actually quite limited.

Your child has to be a certain age to be left alone at home.

That there is such a thing as common law wife or husband and this gives you rights.

Worker bees in a hive are all female. Drones are male and do not leave the hive and are stingless.

What about when they swarm? Drones do live the hive!

Worker bees in a hive are all female. Drones are male and do not leave the hive and are stingless

i don't know if that is a widely believed thing though in that most people would never think it if you get me?

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Babies sleep all night 🧐

That there is such a thing as road tax.

That there is such a thing as a "fast lane".

Common law marriage is legally recognised in England so you have the same rights if you split up as on divorce.

and most people don't think about the inner workings of a colony, to either get it right or wrong.

and most people don't think about the inner workings of a colony, to either get it right or wrong

agreed.

That gluten is "bad for you" even if you don't have coeliac disease.

Psychics and fortune tellers.

You can catch a cold by being cold.... Out your jumper or you'll catch a cold. Drives me insane!

Common law marriage. It’s not a thing that protects you!

That Africa is a country. I can't believe how many people think this. It winds me up!

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Worker bees in a hive are all female. Drones are male and do not leave the hive and are stingless

I'm one of those who believe this. Can you convince me that I'm wrong?

That the tories are capable of running a country

That rape victims can be questioned about what they were wearing, or their sexual history (very limited circumstances, but so many people think it’s routine in rape trials).

You can get piles from sitting on cold concrete

Every single rape myth

Napoleon was short

That washable nappies and sanitary wear are "disgusting" or unhygienic. Every advert for period pants has some idiot who's never used them commenting "ew gross" FFS. Because keeping your period blood wrapped in plastic in a landfill site for hundreds of years is much less disgusting.....

That you eat spiders in your sleep!