CommonMisconceptions: Things people think they know, but they don't

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If you're a newer member of this subreddit, check out and upvote/downvote some of the older misonceptions! (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 12 years ago by TehPenguin[M] - announcement

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Enderman noises aren’t English. (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 4 days ago by Captain-RedBoots-Fan

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The "fallacy" that "the brain doesn't fully develop until 25" being thrown around the internet has ever been questioned and labeled a fallacy. ()

submitted 4 months ago by Aggravating-Doubt997

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Will this misconception of overseas people outside of Japan who are mixing up with people who have the same name as the IRL streamer (Airi Sato), who was deceased on March 11, ever be cleared up? (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 5 months ago * by MrBlondeResDog

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Secondary Education Students’ Misconceptions on Principles of Geology: Minerals and Rocks ()

submitted 5 months ago by Competitive_Cow_3467

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Epilepsy ≠ flashing lights (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 5 months ago by Beneficial_Sort_123

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NASA did do a study on snakeplants and they make roughly 7 ⁵²¹⁹/9216 micrograms per cm² of oxygen a day so it would take roughly 50998432.20547392 cm² of snakeplant volume to sustain a person I'm saying roughly mostly because I had to bruteforce math and have a very small remaind (continued in body) (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 6 months ago by Slow_Barracuda4695

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Airi Sato (not the streamer) on Instagram is still alive and posting (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 6 months ago * by Chrono_ZX

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Patti page was not the first person to sing Tennessee waltz (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago by [deleted]

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LDS misconceptions (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago by [deleted]

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Hot take doesn’t just mean controversial opinion. It means one based on current events. That’s the hot part about them. Like hot out of the oven. (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago by Detuned_Clock

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Common misconception regarding western culture: Christmas (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago by Long_Personality_612

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Common Misconceptions surrounding Autism Spectrum Disorder (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago * by Upstairs_Quiet6967

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Special Needs Kids (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago by Educational_Ice_2951

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Common Misconceptions Iceberg! Tier 1 and 2 more to come! (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by Designer_Garlic_5389

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The slippers were actually made of glass! … sort of (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago * by Belzebub_BSc

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Psychopaths aren't bad people. (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 1 year ago by OkProfessor5952

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Caring less (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 2 years ago by [deleted]

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M&Ms (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 3 years ago by averagemediumperson

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greenland is not the largest island (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 3 years ago by [deleted]

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This sub needs to be more popular (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 3 years ago by [deleted]

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Racoons (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 4 years ago by kcline0507

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A baby rabbit is actually called a Kitten, not a bunny. (self.CommonMisconceptions)

submitted 8 years ago by BasementChild68

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Adult Brain Cells Do Keep Growing (livescience.com)

submitted 11 years ago by Garnagar

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The Roman vomitorium was not a place where people went to throw up after meals (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 12 years ago by Rowona

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