25 People Reveal The Urban Legends They Wish Would Disappear Forever
I think every generation grows up with a collection of facts that turn out to be completely made up. Somewhere along the way, we all got told that swallowing gum takes seven years to digest, turning on the dome light in a car is pretty much a federal crime, and that you eat spiders in your sleep. Nobody ever questioned it. We just accepted it as reality. A very stressful reality.
The internet has made it a little easier to fact-check these things, but some myths are apparently impossible to do away with. They keep getting passed around from parents, teachers, friends, and random people who sound confident enough that nobody bothers to look it up.
In this AskReddit thread, people shared the urban legends, misconceptions, and fake facts they wish would finally disappear for good.
1. The Playground Myth That Fooled An Entire Generation
2. Every School Had This Exact Rumor
3. Your Liver Is Already Handling The Job
4. One Dangerous Myth People Still Believe
5. Health Myths Are Funny Until They’re Not
6. The Fitness Industry Wishes This One Were True
7. Bad News For Spiders, Good News For You
8. Science Teachers Have Been Correcting This Forever
9. One Of The Weirdest Myths Ever Invented
10. Even The Frogs Would Like This Story To End**
11. The Wildlife Myth That Won’t Leave The Nest
12. You’re Allowed To Rip That Mattress Tag Off
13. Every School Had This Celebrity Rumor
14. When Urban Legends Get In The Way Of Reality
15. The Halloween Scare Story That Never Ends
16. Even The Spiders Are Tired Of Hearing This One
17. One Of The Most Persistent Myths In Pop Culture
18. Ostriches Have Been Misunderstood For Long Enough
19. The Song Was Real. The Story Wasn’t.
20. A Harmful Myth That Refuses To Go Away
21. The Lawsuit Everyone Thinks They Know
22. The Internet Has Been Lying To You For Years
23. Parents Convinced An Entire Generation This Was Illegal
24. One Food Myth That Refuses To Go Away
25. The Science Myth People Still Argue About Today
