25 Things People "Know" That Are Wrong

are there some things you've been told all your life and you believe them without question whether they be urban legends or old wives tales some things are accepted and believed because well we've just always known they were true I'm Michael this25 and here are 25 things people know that are wrong [Music] 25. Adam and Eve did not eat an apple absolutely no place in the Bible does it say that Adam and Eve ate an apple as the original sin the Bible does say that they ate off the tree of knowledge it never specifies the type of fruit so where did that Apple Story begin early translations of the Bible were in Latin according to Latin the word for apple is malice and the word for evil is malum it was likely a mistranslation the earliest recorded depiction of the event occurring with an apple can be seen in the San Gennaro catacombs in Naples Italy and dates back to the 2nd Century 24. dogs don't sweat by salivating for years people have said dogs cannot sweat people see a dog panting and think the dog is really hot and trying to cool itself down and as far as panting goes this is true but us humans do the exact same thing it's just called breathing hard it's a way most mammals cool themselves but all mammals have sweat glands they just don't have as many as humans dogs tend to sweat through their paws this helps them regulate their body temperature although not enough so dogs pant to help cool down 23. Napoleon wasn't short Napoleon has an entire complex named after him the Napoleon complex tag is given to someone who is diminutive or just short who is often a bully or is forever attempting to dominate others to make up for their usual lack of stature Napoleon was actually five nine which was a perfectly normal size for a Frenchman of his day so where did the idea of Napoleon being small come from James gilray a British cartoonist Drew political cartoons of Napoleon as a small man it was a metaphor intended to say that only a man of very little character would try to take over the world and cause Strife for so many people the image stuck in people's minds and people have seen Napoleon as short 22. the Great Wall of China is not visible from space the Great Wall of China was constructed from around the 7th Century to roughly the 4th Century BCE it started as a series of fortifications along the northern and southern Chinese borders as centuries passed various Chinese Emperors continued to build walls between the structures until it was complete the wall is actually a series of walls many of which one parallel to one another the longest single stretch lasts for approximately 5 500 Miles the structure is huge don't get me wrong it's the longest man-made structure on the planet but it's not visible from space at least with the naked eye the idea that it's visible from space probably comes from the fact that it's been studied through satellite imagery but if that's the criteria that's used then license plates on our cars would be visible from space 21 humans did not evolve from chimpanzees hold on Christians don't get excited yet humans did evolve from a lower species just not chimps or gorillas or monkeys Etc here are the facts humans and monkeys gorillas chimps Etc are all primates they are all descended from a common ancestor that went extinct the problem comes in a misinterpretation of the theory of evolution this is why no one's ever found the missing link people have always looked for that step from simeons to humans instead of the link they have in common 20. Bulls are not enraged but they cover red we've all seen movies where cartoons or paintings of matadors waving there red Violetta to entice the bull into fighting this is completely wrong Bulls as well as all other cattle are dichromatic which means they can only see two color pigments and red isn't one of them what irritates the bowl is the movement of the meleta and the antagonization of the Matador 19. Walt Disney's body is not cryogenically frozen this is actually one of my favorites people have actually believed for decades that just before his death Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen he wasn't he just was not the story was started by a reporter for a 1960s tabloid that would make the National Enquirer look like the Wall Street Journal the reporter claimed that he disguised himself as an orderly and went into a storage closet down the hall from Disney's hospital room there he saw Walter cryogenically equipped metal tube I guess he had x-ray vision to see through metal well rumors persisted thanks to some Disney cast members who would play along domestic guests well rumors persisted thanks to some Disney cast members who would play along to mess with guests sometimes it's just too easy 18. the United States is not a true democracy the Constitution of the United States established a Federal Democratic Republic this form of government is one where the citizens elect representatives in free and open elections to speak for them on the local state and federal levels at that point all decision making is out of the citizens hands they are governed by the whims of those chosen by the majority of Voters at least sometimes they have a majority recently however laws and directives are written by lobbyists and high-ranking political donors this is why the economist intelligence unit has rated the U.S as a flawed democracy as of 2022 the U.S ranks number 36 in the world democracy Matrix behind countries such as Latvia the Czech Republic and Taiwan 17. dinosaurs and humans did not coexist believe it or not about 41 percent of American citizens believe that dinosaurs and humans coexisted they didn't most of the people who believe this are Christian fundamentalists who believe that the Earth is a little over 6 000 years old science has determined that humans and dinosaurs missed each other by roughly 64 million years 16. Vikings did not wear horns on their heads sorry minnesotans but nowhere in history doesn't show that Vikings wore horns on their heads as a part of their helmets the only helmets with horns date back 3 000 years before the Viking era however these were helmets much like the one worn by Loki in the MCU the horned Viking helmet actually dates back to the 1800s Gustav Maelstrom a Swedish artist began including the horn helmets in his portrayal of the Viking raiding parties this look was adopted by Carl o'meal Doppler a costume designer who Incorporated the look into the costumes for the avagner Opera derindes nibalunga I apologize to Danny German viewers that was probably terrible I also if you haven't noticed uh I'm getting over a cold sorry 15. there weren't three wise men at Jesus's birth and no point does the bible ever say that three wise men Came To Worship the Infant Jesus in a manger the only mention of any wise men or Kings or Magi or whatever you want to call them is in Matthew 2 1-2 all those verses say is that at some time after Jesus was born he was visited by some men the idea that there were three of them probably comes from the belief that they brought three gifts and because no number is specified Eastern Christianity has the number at 12 wise men the idea of three at the birth is simply the artistic license in the telling of the story 14. rabbits are not obsessed with carrots do rabbits and bunnies eat carrots I mean yeah they will if you give them one in the wild rabbits don't eat root vegetables so probably not these cute furry creatures prefer leafy greens hay plants with leaves natural fruits and seeds among other things so where did the whole rabbits eat carrots thing come from Bugs Bunny seriously it was Bugs Bunny cartoons when Bugs Bunny made his debut there was a popular movie called It Happened One Night which starred Clark Gable in the movie Gable leans against the fence explaining the rules of hitchhiking while eating a carrot the makers of the cartoon were spoofing this scene and the rest as they say is history Doc 13. you don't have to wait 24 hours to file a missing persons report if you suspect someone you care about is missing you do not have to wait 24 hours to file a report in fact you should never wait 24 hours most missing persons cases are either solved in the first 48 hours or not at all as soon as you believe anyone child or adult may be missing and in need of rescue contact the authorities why do people believe that there's a 24-hour waiting period Hollywood it's a Hollywood plot device 12. you can put birds back in their nests if you have to there are some things you just know even if you don't know why you know this is one of those things birds do not recognize their young by smell so there is no reason they would abandon their fledglings even if you can put a baby bird back in its nest it may not be a good idea to do so while a parent bird will not reject the little one It's Perfectly Natural for them to wander away from the nest it's also likely that its parents are watching from a distance 11. it's fine to wake a sleepwalker it's fine to wake up a sleepwalker if you find someone sleepwalking you've always been told not to wake them the thought was that if you wake them they can have a heart attack or that they become violent and kill the person waking them there are lots of stories that have been thrown around over the years the truth it's fine to wake up a sleepwalker actually it would be preferable to gently lead them back to bed but if you have to wake them go ahead they'll be disoriented but that's better than them becoming seriously injured as a result of their condition why do people think it's bad to wake a sleepwalker well that goes back to the days when it was believed that when you slept your soul left your body if you woke a sleepwalker their soul would be forever lost 10. shaving does not cause your hair to get thicker not sure why people believe that shaving makes your hair thicker but it doesn't it's basically an illusion when hair is shaved it grows back when it does it has a blunt tip that can appear thicker or more coarse but it isn't once the hair comes back in it'll be the same as it always was nine ninjas did not wear only black the idea that ninjas only wore black is kind of silly if you think about it a ninja's goal was to be invisible and blend into their surroundings if wearing a completely black hooded outfit would do that great they would wear it but any other time a ninja would simply wear what everyone else around them wore there is some proof that ninjas would often wear one solid dark color at times but this was so that their opponent wouldn't be able to see that the ninja had been injured and was bleeding but a fully covered in all black hooded Ninja that once again is from the movies it does not take seven years for gum to pass out of our system we've heard this one since we were kids our parents tell us not to swallow our gum because it'll take seven years for it to be absorbed by our bodies and this is just not true and that's where it started who knows the truth is that we're unable to digest or pull any nutrients from gum this is not the only thing we eat that we can't digest I mean corn you know like any other food that can't be digested it'll move through our digestive system and be passed in 24 to 48 hours seven it's not deadly to drop a penny from the Empire State Building has anyone ever dropped this nugget on you if you drop a penny off the Empire State Building and it hits someone on the head it's just like a bullet and will shoot right into their brain no not true at all not even close a Penny's terminal velocity basically the speed at which it'll travel at its maximum is around 30 to 50 miles an hour you could drop a penny from an airplane and it wouldn't change the outcome the worst that could happen assuming that the Penny doesn't get caught in the updraft and travel blocks away is that it might sting a little maybe but probably not six Einstein didn't fail math there's a story that says Einstein one of the greatest mathematicians ever failed a math class in grade school wrong Einstein was a math prodigy but he was also a bad student which is likely where the story originated what he did fail was a college entrance exam where he aced the math sections but failed sections such as language botany Etc five the Iron Maiden was an awful barbaric fake torture device the Iron Maiden is said to be a torture device used in the Middle Ages but unless the Middle Ages happened in you know the 1800s there was no way this is true the closest thing to an Iron Man that was actually used was putting a person in a barrel pounding Nails into it and rolling it down a hill good that sounds awful oh my but the Iron Maiden was pieced together from different devices in an effort to make the Middle Ages seem even more terrible the fake device was put into a museum and lots and lots of tickets were sold to view it four men don't think about sex every seven seconds this is one of those facts that sounds outrageous and demeaning to men but has no basis in you know fact if a man thought about sex every seven seconds he would be thinking about it 514 times an hour 7 200 times per day a study at Ohio State University determined that men thought about sex about 19 times a day which is about once every hour and 15 minutes compared to 10 times a day for women also men thought about food and sleep almost as much same for women who actually thought about food more than sex three Twinkies do not last forever contrary to the urban legend Hostess Twinkies don't last forever they're primarily made of flour and sugar and they spoil just as any other processed food does a Twinkie shelf life is roughly 45 days NPR did a test to see how long a Twinkie would last they kept one on the broadcast desk for 18 months they reported that it showed no signs of disintegration and was rock hard it certainly wasn't edible two eating uncooked rice will not make Birds explode the theory here was that if a bird ate uncooked rice like after a wedding that it would soak up the fluid in the bird's stomach expand and cause the bird to explode it sounds like it makes sense right but it's false first the bird's stomach neither carries enough fluid nor is warm enough to cause uncooked rice to expand to that extent second bird seed expands far more than rice ever would so it's not even an issue one human beings have more than five senses we were always taught that we have five senses and we do the sense of sight hearing taste touch and smell these are considered the main senses as set forth by Aristotle neurologists have added to this list extensively some examples include thermosception the sense of heat equilibrioception the sense of balance the chemical senses hormonal senses sense of hunger and thirst the mental senses sense of pain sense of mental distress the sense of self and the list goes on but it's clear that our senses go well beyond the original established five so there you go do you feel any smarter or better informed we certainly hope you do you know any facts that just really aren't let us know in the comments below and as always don't forget to share like comment as we said subscribe and click that notification Bell so you don't miss out on any new lists Monday through Friday sorry that was the old one Monday Wednesday Friday still getting used to this guys oh it's good to be back I miss you guys and uh I'll see you next time bye be sure to click that subscribe button and the notification Bell so you don't miss out on new videos every Monday Wednesday and Friday share them with your friends and help us consistently conciliate curiosity and if you want even more lists check out these videos here or just head to our website at list25.com [Music]

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Length: 19min 33sec (1173 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 04 2022