MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT YOUR BODY
Added on: 30th Dec 2015
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
No matter what your mum said, STDs are only transferred
by blood, sexual contact, or in utero.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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