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Half of Brits have repeated complete myths – including that goldfish have a 3-second memory and we use 10% of our brains

HALF of us have repeated complete myths – including that goldfish have a three-second memory and humans use just 10 per cent of their brains.

Researchers have identified the top 30 most commonly-believed old wives’ tales – with ‘most heat escapes through your head’ high on the list.

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Brits frequently share old wives’ tales with others – including that goldfish have a three-second memory, a new survey has found[/caption]
Many of us believe we lose most heat from the tops of our heads, even though scientists say that isn’t true

The study of 2,000 adults found nearly four in 10 aren’t even sure how they came to believe fraudulent bits of trivia – but 49 per cent have shared them with others, in the belief they were accurate.

The rumour that most body heat leaves through the head is believed by almost half of us – even though experts say only 10 per cent is lost this way.

And while goldfish aren’t exactly elephantine when it comes to their memories, it’s thought they can retain some information for up to three months.

Meanwhile, even something as simple as clenching and unclenching one’s fist uses far more than 10 per cent of the human brain, according to scientific studies.

Other misconceptions Brits often pass on include the colour red sending bulls into a rage – even though the animals can’t even see the colour.

We also often believe it takes seven years to digest swallowed chewing gum, which isn’t true because we can’t digest it at all.

More than one in five – 22 per cent – are convinced a penny dropped from the top of New York’s Empire State Building would generate enough force to kill anyone it landed on.

Two-thirds of us say we simply believe what we’re told

However, a coin is simply too lightweight to do such a thing.

A spokesman from Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care, which commissioned the research as part of a campaign to help alter the nation’s perceptions on contact lenses, said: “If enough people tell us the same thing we’re inclined to believe it – even if it’s not completely true.

“For many of us we will have believed these titbits of incorrect information to be true since childhood, so it’s hard to accept we’ve been wrong for decades. 

“It, therefore, comes as no surprise that the myths around contact lenses getting lost behind your eye, as well as freeze to your eye in cold weather, make the top 30. 

“Our study also shows that nearly half the people surveyed – 44 per cent – say they would not switch their glasses for contact lenses due to common myths.

“Those myths include contact lenses being too fiddly – 46 per cent – or that they simply don’t like the idea of them – 36 per cent. 

“However, those that have converted to contact lenses are happy with their decision because they are both convenient and comfortable.”

The top 30 falsehoods believed by Brits

  • Chameleons change colours to blend in with their surroundings
  • Heat escapes through your head
  • Sugar causes hyperactivity in children
  • The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space
  • You should urinate on someone if they get stung by a jellyfish
  • A penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building could kill someone
  • Your hair and fingernails continue to grow after you die
  • Dogs sweat through their tongues
  • Humans only have five senses
  • We only use 10 percent of our brains
  • Bats are blind
  • Drinking alcohol raises your body temperature
  • You’ll get cramps if you go swimming right after you eat
  • Dogs only see in black and white
  • It’s safe to eat food that’s been on the floor for five seconds or less
  • If you touch a baby bird with your bare hands, its mother will reject it
  • Bulls get angry when they see the colour red
  • Shaving your hair makes it grow back thicker
  • Goldfish only have a three-second memory
  • Cracking your knuckles too much will cause arthritis
  • Adding salt to water makes it boil faster
  • Contact lenses can get lost behind your eye
  • We swallow eight spiders a year in our sleep
  • Going out in the cold will give you a cold
  • It takes seven years for your body to digest gum
  • All deserts are hot
  • Putting your laptop on your lap will cause infertility
  • Contact lenses can freeze to your eye in cold weather
  • Lightning never strikes twice
  • Babies are born with a full size adult head – and your body grows into it

The study found one in 10 believe it’s possible for contact lenses to get lodged behind the eyeball, another scientific impossibility.

Other falsehoods we frequently believe include that salt should be added to a pot of water to make it boil more quickly.

And one in four are labouring under the misapprehension that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space.

In fact, it’s not visible to the naked eye at all from orbit, being very long – but also too thin to pick out.

It also emerged around two thirds of Brits have a tendency to simply believe whatever they’ve been told.

More than a quarter – 27 per cent – would even confess to simply being a ‘gullible’ person, according to the OnePoll figures.

Brits are also learning to be wary of all they read on social media, estimating that just a quarter of what they see online is actually based in fact.

Scrivens’ spokesman added: “It’s funny how these plausible-sounding ‘facts’ seem to take on a life of their own.

“For example, why would anyone believe that we swallow eight spiders a year, per person? If you think about it, how would that even be tested?

“We wanted to highlight some fun falsehoods, but also highlight that much of what people believe about contact lenses might be out of date as well.”

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