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Brainpower

Brain.Power Big

Common Misconception: Humans use only 10% of their brain


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Shaving

20071219Shaving

Common Misconception: Shaving makes hair grow back thicker or coarser


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Penis Enlarging

Extreme-Plus1

Common Misconception: You can extend your penis or widen its girth with special devices or medications


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MSG is Bad Bad Bad

Msg2

Common Misconception: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is evil and must be avoided at all costs


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Population Explosion

Aging Figure 7

Common Misconception: Half, or more than half of all humans ever born, are alive today


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Plant Magic

Irrigation-Photosynthesis

Common Misconception: Plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen


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Antarctic-Arctic

Poleshift3

Common Misconception: The North Pole is north and the South Pole is South


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Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Mirror, Mirror

Common Misconception: A mirror image reverses left and right


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Melting Glass

Old Window-575X450

Common Misconception: Glass is actually a very slow flowing liquid


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Free as a bird

3B53030R

Common Misconception: Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves


In fact, it freed little or no slaves.

Why? Because the emancipation proclamation (1862)