"“Lie detectors” as a literal thing.
There’s a reason they aren’t admissible as evidence in court in most places."
"There are dumber ones out there, but the one I, as an estate lawyer, deal with constantly is the idea that there needs to be a “reading” of the will, where the family all gather and the lawyer reads it aloud to them for the first time. We don’t do that, we just mail everyone their own copy if they want it."
"Many people still believe hymens are like plastic food seals that cover up the hole and get popped when you have sex for the first time, and if a girl doesn’t bleed she’s not a virgin"
"People think bats are blind. They aren’t"
"That humans only use 10% of their brain. This is false, regardless of how those who proclaim this myth seemingly demonstrate that it is in fact true."
"I remember the myth that gum takes 7 YEARS to fully pass through your digestive system"
"“Lightning never strikes the same place twice.”
Yes it does, that’s the entire reason for lightning rods on buildings."
"You have to wait 48 hours to report someone missing"
"Had to explain to a grown @$$ adult that blood isn’t blue inside the body and red once it hits oxygen because… blood already carries oxygen."
"Anything about MSG. I battle with my health conscious wife about this often."
"So many people think Narwhals are mythical."
"That shaving makes your hair grow back thicker. My 37 year old partner still believes this and it does my nut in!"
"Being cold is what makes you sick"
"That you eat spiders in your sleep.
Spider will not knowingly walk into a preditors mouth.
They can sense both the heartbeat, heat and noise from humans. All things that would alert them not to go into our mouth."
"Halloween candy is commonly laced with drugs or razor blades."
"That people’s hands are eventually gonna be useless if they keep cracking their knuckles"
"That there are dozens of hot singles in my area just dying to meet me."
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I agree, just look below!
I'm sure there are singles near me but I'm also sure that they have no interest in meeting me...
There a pringles who want to meet you…
like gluten or lactose.
No. No, they're not. Each test is up to the interpretation of the person giving it, and even they will say that many times it's inconclusive. The results aren't given by the machines themselves, and they are extremely unreliable.
They might be 98% effective but not accurate. Most detectives will tell you they use lie detectors as tools to make people nervous and to observe their body language and reactions to the questions. They don't care about what the data actually is.