Common misconceptions that everyone seems to believe

[E.V.I.L.]

-Cold weather makes you sick

-Ice cream cools you down

-Alaska is below freezing all year round

-New York State is all urban

-Snow can't melt in the high 20's.

-There are five senses. (temperature, itching, and a few others are also senses)

-There are three states of matter

-The desert has to be hot

-Alaska is not accessible by road.

-People still permanently live in igloos.

 

you guys should totally add some

 

[terminoob]

 

-Snow can't melt in the high 20's.

 

What? If it can only be formed at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (and below) how can it be melted at a temperature lower than that?

[E.V.I.L.]

Who believes that? If it can only be formed at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (and below, obviously) it can't be melted at 29 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Actually it can be melted at 29 degrees F.

 

Dirt can absorb heat and make the temperature of the ground above freezing, mostly on a sunny day.

 

However, once you reach a low enough temperature (20 and below), it will stay there.

 

Snow can also go through sublimation as well.

[Wumbo]

Jimmy cracking corn is not something to care about.

[Sweat]

"Carrots give you good eyesight."

 

Bullshit. I stuck to carrots in my eyes and it just made things worse.

[E.V.I.L.]

"Carrots give you good eyesight."

 

Bullshit. I stuck to carrots in my eyes and it just made things worse.

jokes aside, that actually is a myth 

[OWM]

The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure that can be seen from the Moon.

Napoleon was short.

Frankenstein is the name of Frankenstein's monster.

George Washington had wooden teeth.

Swallowed chewing gum takes seven years to digest.

Bulls get angry when they see red.

The juice in raw meat is blood.

The Sun is yellow.

Twinkies can last forever.

Deoxygenated blood is blue.

[Steel Sponge]

Drinking Red Bull gives you wings.

[TJ]

Cell phones cause brain cancer

In ten years there will be no bananas left

Margarine is 1 molecule away from plastic

Coffee can help sober a person up

Spinach makes you strong

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

[E.V.I.L.]

-People who live in Alaska live there because they are forced

-Hiking alone should not be done

-Snakes will bite you just because

-Spiders will bite you just because

-Bears will eat you just because

-Airplane crashes are very common

-Driving a car and dieing is very unlikely

-None of NYC is on Long Island

[Wumbo]

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

Well then, who did?

[Metal Snake]

-There are three states of matter

 

That's not a misconception, that's a scientific fact. Matter has three phases, what else is there besides solid, liquid, and gas?

[E.V.I.L.]

That's not a misconception, that's a scientific fact. Matter has three phases, what else is there besides solid, liquid, and gas?

Plasma is an example

 

Here's proof

 

http://www.mindreality.com/seven-states-of-matter-everything-is-mind

https://worldview.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25478/~/lesson-seven%3A-aren%E2%80%99t-there-more-than-three-states-of-matter%3F

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/l/list_of_phases_of_matter.htm

[Young Nug]

-Spiders will bite you just because

This is a misconception? I get bitten by spiders randomly for no reason.

[E.V.I.L.]

This is a misconception? I get bitten by spiders randomly for no reason.

Touching the spider=Scaring the spider=Reason

[Wumbo]

Plasma is an example

 

Here's proof

 

http://www.mindreality.com/seven-states-of-matter-everything-is-mind

https://worldview.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25478/~/lesson-seven%3A-aren%E2%80%99t-there-more-than-three-states-of-matter%3F

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/l/list_of_phases_of_matter.htm

Relax. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.

[E.V.I.L.]

Relax. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.

matter is my cake batter and cake does matter.

[Wumbo]

That's a misconception.

[Sweat]

 - The loudest animal in the world is the blue whale

(It's actually a shrimp, believe it or not.)

 

 - Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal on Earth.

(It may have caused the most deaths in the world, but it's not the most dangerous. That trophy would go to the box jellyfish.)

[TJ]

Well then, who did?

the first functioning telephone was actually invented 15 years before Alexander by Philipp Reis, a German inventor. His device (which he called the Reis Telephone) was first demonstrated in 1861. The Reis Telephone was only able to transmit musical tones quite clearly, and human voices faintly. So the first transmission of human voices over wire was on the device created by Reis, a full fifteen years prior to the invention by Alexander who now receives all the accolades for it.