Urban legends people think are true

[CKent]

"Shaving makes your hair grow in thicker."

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Water goes down the drain the opposite way in the southern hemisphere.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: nerp

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
The direction that water drains in a basin (clockwise or counterclockwise) depends on what hemisphere you're in

Uhhhh.

It's not true; confirmed by my meteorology professor.

 

[npoe1]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Babbles
Cow tipping.

What makes cow tipping an urban legend? It is a very simple concept. You take city-folk into the country. You get them drunk. You convince them in their drunken state that they can tip a 1000+ pound animal. You laugh as they try it and slip into a pile of manure. It is a very real activity, just the outcome isn't what the city-slicker thought.

Haha, okay yeah fair enough. :beer:

I suppose, though, I am still correct in citing this as an urban legend.

I thought that cow tipping was real 🙁

 

[l0cke]

There are 50 states.

I've heard almost every one though. My school is a wastebasket for urban myths. Today I heard someone say the Mazda RX7 was made after the RX8. Several people agreed with him.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Driving with the tailgate down on a pickup truck gets you better mileage.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: nerp
FOX news commentators actually believe what they say and aren't just playing their audience for fools.

The Fox news audience are fools

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Driving with the tailgate down on a pickup truck gets you better mileage.

Edit: Read it wrong. Sorry.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
If you throw a penny off the Empire State Building, it will bury itself in the pavement (or kill someone).

My physics teacher in high school said that doing so would in fact be quite dangerous - you hit someone in NYC on the head with a penny, they'll get pissed off, and come up there with a gun. Then you'll be the next thing to hit the pavement. 😛

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I honestly thought the rice thing was true.

Same with the penny off a tall building. I figured because of the gravitational acceleration it would be moving at such a high speed it could cause lot of damage when it hits the ground, or somebody.

Guess I'm gullible.

Sure, it would cause a lot of damage, if dropped in a vacuum.
Air resistance will cause the penny to tumble, thus it will not fall very quickly. High winds are also found around skyscrapers. The penny might even get blown upward briefly.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Some dude died and came back to life, and is going to return to save you if you close your eyes and touch yourself at night.

you got it slightly wrong, so I fixed it for you.

it does works this way.
😉

 

[AnonymouseUser]

George W. Bush is a native Texan.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
George W. Bush is a native Texan.

True! He's from Kennebunkport, Texas...

 

[JujuFish]

Poor man's copyright
Bill Gates remarking that 640K "ought to be enough for anybody"

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: cheezy321
Obama was born in the United States.

win

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Food immediately turns to poison the day printed in the best if used by/sell by/expiration date. Man, if you even think about eating a food product that actually has an EXPIRES date on it after midnight that day, you might be a terrorist.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: EGGO
Recycling is better for the planet.

I fail to see how "not recycling" is better for the planet.

Most recycling actually uses more energy than making a new item.

Of course, thats simply an issue of efficiency, so after 20+ years of working at it, theres no reason you cant make it better.

And if you used a renewable form of energy, you win with recycling.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
If you throw a penny off the Empire State Building, it will bury itself in the pavement (or kill someone).

My physics teacher in high school said that doing so would in fact be quite dangerous - you hit someone in NYC on the head with a penny, they'll get pissed off, and come up there with a gun. Then you'll be the next thing to hit the pavement. 😛

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I honestly thought the rice thing was true.

Same with the penny off a tall building. I figured because of the gravitational acceleration it would be moving at such a high speed it could cause lot of damage when it hits the ground, or somebody.

Guess I'm gullible.

Sure, it would cause a lot of damage, if dropped in a vacuum.
Air resistance will cause the penny to tumble, thus it will not fall very quickly. High winds are also found around skyscrapers. The penny might even get blown upward briefly.

Even in a vacuum, the penny wouldn't have enough mass to cause damage at it's terminal velocity.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: krylon
Even in a vacuum, the penny wouldn't have enough mass to cause damage at it's terminal velocity.

You fail at physics.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: jonks
Christ.

That's the worst one.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie

Originally posted by: krylon
Even in a vacuum, the penny wouldn't have enough mass to cause damage at it's terminal velocity.

You fail at physics.

I do. Could I have a C for effort? Or maybe just a spanking? 😀

 

[MrPickins]

Nuclear reactors explode when they melt down.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: Kyle

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
- Whether you go bald or not depends on the men from your mother's side of the family.

Any link for that one? I've always been curious- everyone tells me that, and my mom's dad was bald...

There's a correlation, but it's not great, so you really can't tell.

Text Read the part about genetics of male pattern baldness.

It's rather true in my family. My grandfather was bald, my great uncle has alopecia and is completely bald (my other great uncles I never saw much of and they've been dead for years so I can't say on them), three of my male cousins are bald/balding, one female cousin has thinning hair and the other female cousin has alopecia and wears a wig, my mom has very thin hair, both my uncles are bald and my hair is thinning.

What I've read is that the genetic aspects of baldness may be linked to the X-chromosome, and since women have two, you're more likely to get it from your mother's side of the family than from your father's side.

I did read a while back that the whole "you get baldness from your mother's father" myth was based on a single study conducted in the 1920s on about a dozen people, but I can't find a link to support that. Without a link, that may as well be an urban legend itself. But what we can say is that it's not as simple as just looking at your mother's side of the family.

 

[summit]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
- Whether you go bald or not depends on the men from your mother's side of the family.
- The Great Wall of China can be seen from space (Apparently this one originated before anyone had even been in space!)
- You only use 10% of your brain

male pattern baldness depends on your mom's dad, or your maternal grandfather. it is a sex-linked trait and can be passed down. you fail.

 

[Inferno0032]

Originally posted by: Juddog
Glass is a liquid. My teacher tried telling this to the class.

The teacher simply used poor word choice, glass is a FLUID, but obviously not liquid.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
cell phone antenna booster, just put the sticker on your phone and it will reach for miles and miles !

And of course. Microwave ovens are giving off radiation and radiating your food !

😕
Are you saying that microwaves aren't a form of electromagnetic radiation?