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There's still gum in my stomach from when I swallowed it six years ago.

Kaugummi, das du vor sechs Jahren heruntergeschluckt hast, liegt immer noch in deinem Magen.

Wir haben solche Sachen alle irgendwann in unserem Leben gehört. Aber sind sie wahr?

Kennst du wirklich die Wahrheit hinter diesen Ammenmärchen?

Do You Actually Know The Truth Behind These Old Wives' Tales?

If You Can't Pass This Quiz, You Believe Everything You're Told

This old wives' tale was probably started because when hair grow, it's tapered at the end. When it's shaved, that taper is gone, so the [hair looks thicker](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-if-you-shave-or-wax-your-hair-will-come-back-thicker/). However, only one hair can grow per follicle.

It's false!

If you shave above your knees, your hair will grow back twice as thick.

Chewing gum [goes through your body](https://www.livescience.com/22448-does-gum-really-take-7-years-to-digest.html) the same way that any other food does.

False!

It takes seven years for gum to pass through your stomach.

Your eyes can burn and your vision can get blurry with [too much exposure](https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-when-you-stare-at-sun-2018-5) to the sun.

True!

You'll lose your vision if you stare at the sun.

Lightning can actually [travel through](https://www.today.com/home/experts-share-why-you-should-never-shower-during-thunderstorm-t127484) wires or plumbing, so it is dangerous to shower while there's a storm.

It doesn't! Sugar [does not appear](https://www.livescience.com/55754-does-sugar-make-kids-hyper.html) to have any effect on childrens' behavior.

Though it may not increase your chance of developing arthritis, it may [decrease grip strength](https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/does-knuckle-cracking-cause-arthritis).

Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis.

It may cause eye strain, but there is [no long-term damage](https://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/can-close-tv-viewing-damage-eyes).

Sitting too close to the TV can ruin your eyes.

This was a [myth propagated](https://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2012/12/15/how-do-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark/) by the British Royal Air Force during WWII.

Nigel White, the secretary of the British Cheese Board, [talked with NPR](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4851485) about how different cheeses can affect the types of dreams someone could have.

Eating cheese before bed can alter your dreams.

There [have been studies](https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/the-science-of-chicken-soup/) that have shown chicken soup can assist the flow of nasal mucus and help reduce upper respiratory cold symptoms.

At most, a [human loses 10%](https://www.livescience.com/34411-body-heat-loss-head.html) of their body heat through their head.

You lose half of your body heat through your head.

We use [all of our brain](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-use-10-percent-of-their-brains/)!

You were very susceptible to old wives' tales and tend to believe everything you're told. Luckily, now you know what's fact and what's fiction!

Victims of the old wives' tales!

You had a pretty good idea of what was true and what was false, but you may have fallen victim to a few of these wives' tales.

Pretty good grasp!

Yeah, you definitely know the truth behind all of these old wives' tales. You can't fall victim to a myth! Rock on!

Knower of all fact and all fiction!

Kannst du Fakt von Ammenmärchen unterscheiden?

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Do You Actually Know The Truth Behind These Old Wives' Tales?

We've heard all of these things some point in our lives, but are they true?

Do You Actually Know The Truth Behind These Old Wives' Tales?

We've heard all of these things some point in our lives, but are they true?

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