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.

@WeWashEverythingExceptLaundry THANK YOU

That having your hair cut helps it to grow faster

That the dark side of the moon doesn't get any sunlight. My DH thought this which shocked me a bit. I mentioned it on here once and quite a few people told me that I was wrong and DH was right, and they knew I was wrong because the word 'dark' was in the description.

That the police are allowed to take your car from you to chase criminals.

That Sydney is the capital of Australia (it's Canberra).

That it's 'bare with me' (it's 'bear with me')

That Holland is a country

Surely no one thinks that Pussycat?!

That we all need to be drinking water constantly: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/27/the-truth-about-hydration-should-you-drink-eight-glasses-of-water-a-day

@Throckmorton

That we don't use 80% of our brain.

A read of AIBU generally suggests closer to 100%, sometimes

HeyGirl, someone must - he's still clinging on. 🤷‍♀️

That all your domestic waste goes to landfill.

That bleach gets rid of limescale.

That French bulldogs are ok .

@HeyBlaby

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'.

What do you mean about Lyme disease?

@shortroundd

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?

I don’t think the things you mentioned are widely believed either.

That Dutch and Flemish are 2 different languages.

That soya causes infertility.

That it's illegal to drive barefoot / in flipflops

Left brain/ right brain thinking

@HeyBlaby

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'.

Chronic Lyme disease (not the infection but the after effects) is a thing.

@Lemonandadropofhoney

That a defibrillator will restart a heart thats stopped beating. Every single movie and TV show shows someone flat lining and the defibrillator miraculously restarts the heart for them.

What do defibrillators do?

I agree that people think that giving up gluten and caffeine is "healthy" in some ill-defined way for no particular reason except that some people are intolerant of gluten and caffeine just feels like it ought to be bad for you (I grant that it is bad for you if you take it in a way that stops you sleeping enough).

Dairy causes mucus

That the correct spelling of definitely is definately.

My mum comes out with the sugar makes kids hyper thing all the time. So irritating! It just doesn’t!

@ceilingfaninmyspoon

Bob Holness played saxophone on Baker Street 🎷

This is one of my favourites!!

That napoleon was french.

@ivykaty44

Warwick university is in Warwick

It’s not even in Warwickshire but in West Midlands and near Coventry

Adding to this..

West Midlands isn't a county. It is. I live there.