These People Have Shared The Widely Accepted Facts That They Have Learnt Are Actually Wrong
There are so many commonly accepted facts that you just do not bother to challenge. You quite often read something somewhere, or someone tells you something, and you think "yeah, that sounds right" and you accept it into your life without bothering to verify.
But, turns out, a whole bunch of things we all assumed to be true are actually false! I am shook.
Over on Reddit, a user asked people "What widely accepted fact do you know is wrong?" The results, are, well, they are a little confronting.
Read on to discover some misinformation you may be inadvertently spreading; and let us know others in the comments.
Relieved to know this is fake
"That you swallow eight spiders a year in your sleep."HAHA
"We are experiencing a temporary high volume of phone calls. Your call is important to us."Don't wait!
"That you have to wait 24 hours to report someone missing in the USA. There is no law about waiting, you don’t have to. Push to make the police cooperate and list the person missing immediately when you suspect something isn’t right. Don’t lose precious time; it’s extremely important if the person truly is missing."Good point!!
"That medieval/ancient people only lived to be ~32 years old, and at that age, they were considered ancient.That estimate is an average, which means it accounts for high infant/child mortality. Lots of ancient people lived to their 80s and older. If you made it to 30, chances are good you're making it another 30+ years."Do your research first folk?!
Do have any other wisdom? Drop it in the comments below.