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20 Lies You Still Believe: Why You're Living A Life Of Misery

Most children are raised to believe that their parents know best. Unfortunately, some of these best saying lies, actually myths are perpetuated and passed down from generation to generation, eventually accepted as fact without question. The following lies you probably heard as a child have been debunked. They are all lies. Do you still believe them? Here we will tell you top 20 Lies you still believe 1. Sugar will make you hyperactive Apparently, our parents gave us misinformation: We totally could have had that cake for breakfast. Alright, maybe not really, but it’s not because the cake was going to make us hyper! This “well-known fact” has been proven time and time again to be an old wives’ tale. Studies found that children’s behavior did not change whether they had been fed sugar or not. What did change: parent’s perception of their child’s behavior? Let them eat cake. 2. Gum will stay in your stomach for 7 years This probably comes from the interesting fact that bodies don’t digest gum well. But this doesn’t mean that a pile of swallowed gum is just filling up your stomach; it just means your body hasn’t digested the gum before it passes straight through, along with the rest of the solid food you have eaten. Because of its low nutritional components, Yale Scientific confirmed that while it does take slightly longer than other food to digest, gum will be out of your body in seven days at most. 3. The North Pole is on the North side of the planet That’s right. You heard us. North isn’t really north. To explain this one, we’re turning to urban legend and physics experts Raymond Serway and Chris Wuille. “A small bar magnet is said to have north and south poles, but it’s more accurate to say it has a ‘north-seeking’ pole and a ‘south-seeking’ pole. We conclude that the geographic North Pole of earth corresponds to a magnetic south pole, and the geographic South Pole of Earth corresponds to a magnetic north pole.” Mind officially blown. 4. Crossed Eyes Will Get Stuck That Way Whether making faces at siblings or goofing off in public, kids should feel free to cross away: There are six muscles that allow eyes to move in all different directions, and looking in any one direction — including toward each other — won't cause them to stay that way. Crossed eyes can, however, result from disease, muscle, or nerve damage. This ultimate yet most amazing fact is really making us reminding of the days back at school. 5. Your Nose Will Grow If You Lie To keep kids from lying, parents tell a lie of their own. Kids likely realized that their nose didn't grow like Pinocchio's after fibbing — but there's a bit of truth to the idea that the nose can give away a lie. Researchers have found that noses actually heat up after a lie, thanks to activity in the brain's insular cortex. This unbelievable yet scary true story is worthy of being in the top 10 list. 6. Eating Carrots Will Let You See in the Dark Parents have been known to try anything to convince their kids to eat more vegetables — including suggesting they'll grant superpowers. It is true that vitamin A rich carrots are good for eye health, but seeing in the dark? It's an urban myth that may have originated in England during World War II as part of a propaganda campaign to confuse German pilots and bolster English confidence. Something really to be amazed of! 7. If You Pee in the Pool, the Water Will Turn Red Parents discouraging their kids from peeing in swimming pools will often perpetuate the lie that there's a special chemical added to the water that turns bright red or blue, or purple, etc. if someone pees, revealing the guilty party. Anyone who's ever encountered an unexpected warm spot in a pool knows there's no such thing. That said, mixing urine and chlorine may actually be harmful, so maybe it's not such a bad lie. Maybe a bright side. 8. You Are the Most Talented Kid in the World After a school art project or newly discovered love of magic trick, many a parent has told their kid they are the most talented/intelligent/creative child on the planet. With the exception of some child prodigies, probably not. You can't really blame someone for wearing proud-parent goggles with their kid, and positive encouragement is great — but it might be good to tone down the praise a bit. 9. Ice Cream Trucks Play Music Only When Out of Ice Cream Whether it was playing "Yankee Doodle," "The Entertainer," or some other iconic tune, you probably grabbed whatever change you could and went running after the ice cream truck when you heard its familiar sound. Unlucky kids had most amazing parents who convinced them the truck only played music when it ran out sweet treats — when really they just didn't want the kid having ice cream. #Lies