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 humans need cows milk

Refuting that carbs make you fat:

Carbs only make you fat it’s a surplus of simple, refined sugars.

Fat doesn’t make you fat either.

@A580Hojas They restore or correct the heartbeat to a regular rhythm. They also assist you when performing cpr. I'm not a medical professional so I don't know the exact science behind how they work but from what I learned on my first aid course, I think they stop the heart to allow the natural rhythm to return.

The population of Manchester is half a million (Based on council boundaries) making it 9th largest city in uk or something. Salford is pretty much city centre and trafford is half a mile from the town hall. They never base the population of London on the city of London in the same way.

I always presumed the AEDs didn't deliver a shock unless there was some electrical activity (I did my first aid training so I feel I should know this)

@Rogue1001MNer

That the tories are capable of running a country

This

That you can be ‘registered’ disabled.

@tootiredtospeak

That Daddy Long legs have a deadly poison but it's just the fact they cannot bite that saves us.

This isn't true?!?!?!?

@KarenTheGammonRemoaner she gets hyper because you know she's has sugar and you think it makes her hyper.

See, I thought Manchester was much bigger!

So if a heart has stopped it can never be made to re-start?

That the tax companies pay is based on their sales/revenue volumes

A defibrillator basically resets your heart rhythm. Sudden cardiac arrest is where the electrical stimulation in your heart stops working properly, your heart may flutter, or beat but not produce a pulse. A defibrillator acts as a reset for your natural pacemaker.

(In answer to a pps)

That during the first lockdown you were only allowed out for one hour a day.

[quote drspouse]@KarenTheGammonRemoaner she gets hyper because you know she's has sugar and you think it makes her hyper.[/quote]
Oh you're saying it's all in my head. How patronising. It's not that.

Defibrillators can be used to ‘restart’ a heart that’s stopped, but not an AED which is the usually type we see.
Normally need lots of drugs to help that happen and it would only work to ‘reset’ the pacemaker, no way to re start a dead heart.

@ScreamingMeMe

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.

If you read all of that article , it goes on to say that wearing a hat does keep you warm though :)

@autienotnaughty

That eggs are dairy 😂😂

I covered a science lesson once where the biology teacher told them that. I told them not to write it in an exam (or in their books). She hunted me down in the staff room and patronisingly told me as a cover teacher I was —talking out my arse— wrong. I asked her how many chickens she knew produced milk.

@Rogue1001MNer

That the tories are capable of running a country

ha! i agree

I don’t think I’ve explained that very well

That 'organic' means 'healthier'.

Common-law spouses ARE a legal thing in a lot of places actually. They just aren't in England I think? Not sure about Scotland.

Thats shocking that an actual teacher thought that

People think the USA has 51 states

I always think the US has 52 states! Is it actually 50?

That urine is sterile
That “eskimos” have 40+ words for snow
Some people seem to believe that Hitler was German
That nuclear reactors create more radioactive waste than coal fired power plants
That Spanish people lisp in imitation of a past king
That someone called their child La-a
That humans are descended from monkeys

The amount of times I've had this argument.
My DD who were 5&6 at the time had to explain that even though dd5 couldn't have dairy because of her allergy she could eat eggs because they come from chickens not cows the a teacher.

The most notorious example is a man who is supposedly very intelligent. DD loves bringing that up when he gets a bit smart.