Did your mother teach you that sitting too close to the TV is bad for your eyes? That chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years after you swallow it? That you can't go into the wind with your hair washed because the draft will catch you cold? If the answers are positive, it's time for new real facts.
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Hollywood has been tempting us for decades with fairy-tale worlds of princesses, brave warriors for the rights of others and antagonists who have been defeated again and again. Some of the beliefs we hold come from repeating patterns in Hollywood movies, but they are actually completely wrong. In the article you can read 12 myths that we believe thanks to Hollywood.
There are many tips in books and online on how to lead your fitness journey as successfully as possible. As soon as you start implementing certain tips, new ones appear that negate the previous ones. Since it is no longer clear what to believe, scientists discover myths that are scientifically proven not to be true, but people believe in them.
"Introverted people do extreme things just to avoid people," goes the myth, but Carl King reminds us that describing people as such is a shallow assessment.
One of the tips we hear almost every day is how much water we should drink daily. At least 2 liters a day, they say. Is it true?
Movies often present facts in a way that is pleasing to the viewer, so they often do not reflect reality. So we looked up some of the myths that the film industry helped create.
Do you know all the myths about sleep? The idea that we need 8 hours of sleep seems absurd to many. Do we really need that much sleep? Some successful people claim that four hours of sleep is enough for them. Research confirms that sleep is important.
Part of Apple's success is also its almost Masonic mysteriousness. We rarely get a glimpse behind the scenes, into the guts of the product, so the behind-the-scenes "accreditation" we got from ex-Apple designer Mark Kawan, which even some Apple employees didn't get before, is like Willy Wonka's golden ticket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie.
The mission of facts is to stick to their story no matter what, which does not mean that they are always right and that their beliefs are sacred. We humans took them as our own and built an ethical, educational or some other empire around them.