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

[shortroundd]

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.

I was coming along to say the common law thing but see people have got in there before me.

Re your no 4, @shortroundd, I've just popped over to youtube to check and watched elvis singing it

Psychics and fortune tellers

this can be disputed though.

That giving children sugar makes them hyper

Re your no 4, @shortroundd, I've just popped over to youtube to check and watched elvis singing it

yea but I meant the mainstream version that is played every Xmas and most people are familiar with-mud sang it.

@shortroundd

Psychics and fortune tellers

this can be disputed though.

Not convincingly.

Pub talk re tax, i.e. that the self employed can claim holiday costs etc by just saying that it's a business trip!

Heinz are the best beans.

Check out Branston.

That Marilyn Monroe was a size 16, or a size between 12-16

(Her measurements were recorded post mortem as bust 35, waist 22, hips 35, and her film costumes are usually displatpyed on a modern size 2 mannequin)

@NewarkShark the fact that it happens at all is abhorrent. A girl in Scotland killed herself after her thong was held up in court. She had jeans on so it wasn’t visible at the time!

That carbs make you fat.
Aspartame causes cancer.
Chronic Lyme disease.
The police decide whether to charge or that an individual can decide to 'press charges'.

Cows milk made for their calf is completely normal for grown adults to consume.

this can be disputed though

Not convincingly.

@shortroundd

Re your no 4, @shortroundd, I've just popped over to youtube to check and watched elvis singing it

yea but I meant the mainstream version that is played every Xmas and most people are familiar with-mud sang it.

Yes, Elvis covered it, and performed it live.

But he wasn't the original artist who took it to the Chrustmas Number One in 1974

That carbs make you fat

they actually can easier than the other food groups in that they raise insulin and don't take as many calories to digest.

That there is gluten in rice

They even write 'gluten-free' on the packets to cater to these people

I think people think because they're next to each other in the supermarket that they're the same thing

I think i worded my last post badly. What I meant was if you ask most people the sex of a worker bee many would say male. They are in fact female.
Drones are male and a tiny percent of the hive. They are stingless and only exist to fertilise the Queen. They do no work and do not leave the hive on a day to day basis. I hope that makes more sense :)

Arf.

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Halloween is not an American import.

It's rooted in Celtic tradition

Jean Charles de Menezes was challenged by police and ran away. He was not, and he did not.

Solicitors have to give you 30 minutes of free advice.

Road tax

No such tax as it was stopped in 1937

Emissions tax is vehicle emissions duty and paid on how much a car pollutes, so some cars are free if £20 a year

Roads are funded by council tax and motorways PAYE

Solicitors have to give you 30 minutes of free advice

never heard that 1

@shortroundd untrue and confirmed by several studies.

untrue and confirmed by several studies

I work in fitness, believe me it's true.