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For some reason this reminded me of one of my favorite Wikipedia pages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

I read through it every couple of years and am amazed at the number of things considered "common knowledge" which are completely untrue.

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That is a great list you've shared. Thank you!

It takes a great deal of self-consciousness to keep an eye on such things that feel like "obvious truths," just because you grew up in an environment that was reinforcing those misconceptions.

Probably inspired by:

https://xkcd.com/843/

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