In this age of technology and information, rumours spread faster than wildfire. While most of them are short-lived, a lot of them get shared so much that they eventually become facts. As a lot of these ‘facts’ are so close to the truth and so much popular that it becomes hard to believe that they are actually inaccurate. Find out more about such ‘fake facts’ in this compilation by deMilked.
1. Bottoms up!
2. The myth has been a Hollywood prpaganda
3. The two men kept this fact as a secret for a long time
4. It was first adopted by the German government in 1905
5. Many scientists even include hunger and thirst
6. Even light can not get out of a black hole
7. Also, cold water boils faster than hot water
8. However, one may use one part of the brain more than the other
9. Even better, don’t shave at all, its ‘No shave November’ for god’s sakeÂ
10. This still doesn’t make milk good for lactose intolerant people
11. The myth started from the misinterpretation of a famous Einstein quote
12. The myth got popular after the movie ‘Finding Nemo’
13. Don’t know about bats, but Batman is definitely awesome
14. It is actually very dangerous to drink alcohol in extremely cold regions
15. Not just bulls, all the cattle are colour-blindÂ
16. Those diagrams in school were not true people
17. Also, that Diwali night picture is fake. Your decoration lights are not visible from space
18. The man mastered Calculus before he was 15. Who even started this hoax?
19. Just a different point of view, then
20. Yeah, I think I would know if I ate a spider
21. Eating after a swim is still a better idea, though
22. It even contributes towards your daily fluid requirement
23. The force and speed of water are too great to get influenced by the effect
24. Â Some suggest it was actually a pomegranate
25. They grow at an average rate of 3mm per month
26. Nothing can reside that long in a body, unless it is too big to get out
27. It is only 13800 feet tall, when measured from sea level
28. They are also very common in Northern India and Pakistan
29. ‘Napoleon Complex’ or the inferiority complex for being short is associated with him
30. It is the largest herbaceous flowering plant of the world
How many of these did you know about?
H/T: Boredpanda