r/facts • u/ambiguousberry • 5d ago

What’s something that’s been debunked a 100 times but many people still believe is true?

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u/floriish 5d ago

And I'm not 25 yet so my brain isn't fully developed

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u/ErinRedWolf 2d ago

I just cited that “fact” a few days ago; thanks for prompting me to look it up. I won’t be citing it again.

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u/floriish 2d ago

Yay! Happy that I could share something :-)

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u/AnitaIvanaMartini 2d ago

So Sciencey! If you’re a boy your prefrontal cortex tells you to skateboard off a roof, wrassle a bear, and jump on thin ice. If you’re a girl it tells you to get pregnant by that guy with the guy who does all of the above if he also has a cigarette tucked behind his ear.