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MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT YOUR BODY

Added on: 30th Dec 2015

 

 

SNEEZING STOPS YOUR HEART FOR A SECOND

Sneezing stops your heart for a second

No, it doesn’t. If you’re heart stopped for even a second,

you would know.

 

 

YOU CAN CATCH A DISEASE FROM SITTING

ON A PUBLIC TOILET SEAT

You can catch a disease from sitting on a public toilet seat

No matter what your mum said, STDs are only transferred

by blood, sexual contact, or in utero.

 

 

COFFEE SOBERS YOU UP

Coffee sobers you up

Not at all. It will only make you feel like you are sober, which is

dangerous, especially if you are driving. Basically, don’t drink

coffee after alcohol.

 

 

IT IS SAFE TO LICK A CUT

It is safe to lick a cut

Your mouth is a dirty place filled with all kinds of bacteria.

Licking your cut will only make it more likely to get infected.

 

 

READING IN DIM LIGHT RUINS YOUR EYESIGHT

Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight

According to doctors, reading in dim light can give you temporary

eye fatigue because your eye muscles have to work a little

harder to focus, but there is no evidence that it damages

your eyes in the long run.

 

 

IF YOUR MUCUS IS GREEN YOU HAVE A SINUS INFECTION

If your mucus is green you have a sinus infection

Your mucus can be anywhere between white and green but this

only indicates whether or not there is a certain protein in your

white blood cells. It doesn’t tell you if you have a sinus infection.

 

 

NUTS, SEEDS, AND POPCORN STICK TO THE

LINING OF YOUR STOMACH

Nuts, seeds, and popcorn stick to the lining of your stomach

If you have pouches along your bowel wall, then you have a disease

called diverticulitis, but it is not caused by seeds, nuts, or popcorn.

 

 

YOU GET WRINKLES IN THE POOL BECAUSE

YOUR SKIN ABSORBS WATER

You get wrinkles in the pool because your skin absorbs water

Your skin is waterproof, it can’t absorb water. The wrinkles are

simply vasoconstriction triggered by your autonomic nervous

system. Scientists are not exactly sure why this happens

but it could be because it gives better grip in slippery

environments (though this theory is contested as well).

 

 

YOU WOULD EXPLODE IN OUTER SPACE

You would explode in outer space

No, you wouldn’t, but reality isn’t much better: you would go

unconscious after roughly 10 seconds, swell up, your blood

would boil, and if you are not rescued after about 90 seconds,

you would die (you wouldn’t freeze either because in a vacuum

there is no real conduit for heat loss).

 


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