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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

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Here are some of mine:

• Ye is not pronounced ye. It's pronounced The. Because þ. (I knew this one neener-neener)
• Violent video games do not cause violence (take that, karens)
• Marco Polo did not import pasta from China (I didn't even know this was a thing people... like, thought about)
• July 4 (we really oughtta pick... literally anytime else for this holiday)
• Napoleon wasn't short (I like making fun of the people who argue that he was "average for his time")
• The dark side of the moon is regularly about as lit as the side we usually see (it's just that only one side ever faces us earthlings)
• When things reenter the atmosphere, they don't burn up because of friction (they burn by literally squishing the air molecules - kind of like Friction Plus)
• Bats aren't blind (and several actually have really good night vision!)
• Only one species of frog makes the ribbit noise (I looked it up on youtube to check)
• Snake jaws don't unhinge (instead they have another bone that allows their jaws to extend, which I just think is neat)
• Not all worms turn into two worms when cut in half (this one because THAT MEANS THERE ARE SOME THAT DO)
• Preying mantis ladies don't always eat preying mantis men! (which means that SOMETIMES THEY DO)
• BUMBLEBEES. CAN. FLY. (GAH.)
• Birds are dinosaurs! (Like, there isn't even any controversy on that)
• Glass is not a slow-flowing liquid (you smart-alek)
• Nuclear is one of the safest forms of energy (unless you're stupid and absorb neutrons with granite instead of water)
• Leprosy as described in the bible was probably another disease entirely (huh)
• Thomas Edison did NOT invent the light bulb (because  F - - -   THOMAS EDISON)
• 0.999... is apparently equal to 1 (in base ten, anyways)
• Vaccines don't cause autism (even though I vaccinate... and am probably autistic. Until I'm sure I'm going to assume that autism causes vaccines)
• People do not "only use ten percent of the brain" (only around 10% of neurons will be firing at a time - and using 100% would likely result not in psychic powers, but in a fatal seizure)