Its a myth

[4getmenot]

Another post got me thinking, what things were you told that you thought were true, not silly things though. I always thought people that cracked fingers got arthritis and that you could see the great wall of china from space

[squarebear]

I was told if you swallowed bubble gum it wrapped round your lungs and believed it well into my teens

[RATTER15]

It didnt give me warts!!

[4getmenot]

lol ratter

[micmak]

OK Ratter I'll fall for it. What didn't give you warts.

[20SilkCut]

and i used to think that the teams in university challenge sat above one another...lol

[Mamyalynne]

if you ate an apple pip it would grow in your tummy

[Mamyalynne]

Or Hairy palms Ratter??

[sandyRoe]

They did sit above each other. Remember when the young ones were a guest team and one of their side kicked down through the floor and hit the contestant below him?

[micmak]

So did I silkcut..........Youth is wasted on the young.

[Buenchico]

Myths that I used to believe in:

The nursery rhyme 'Ring a ring o'roses' relates to the symptoms of the Plague.

The majority of your body heat is lost through your head.

The human brain can't form new cells.

[4getmenot]

do they not silkcut? lol

[Jemisa]

I was told "If you eat raw vegetables you'll get worms"

I half believe it today, everytime I eat a floret of raw cauliflower - I wonder!

jem

[4getmenot]

I thought ring a ring a roses was.

[Prudie]

Oh dear, I used to think all these things.

[Buenchico]

Maybe that tale about apple pips wasn't so far from the truth after all, Mamya ;-)
http://www.telegraph....lant-in-his-lung.html

[sherrardk]

If you sit on a doorstep you'll get piles!

[20SilkCut]

sandy - they only sat above each other for the young ones episode lol

i always laugh to myself when i realise how silly i was....

[MarkRae]

Much later than the plague:
http://en.wikipedia.o.../Ring_a_Ring_o'_Roses

[boxtops]

well, am I debunked - I though you can see the GW of China from space, and all those things Chris said - are they not true? and is the moon made of cheese?

[4getmenot]

I knew about the brain, as most people bodies are up to 7 years old, as the whole body even bone is replaced. Skin cells are replaced every 5 weeks to 3 months. If you have a tattoo, the skin cells have a memory that retains that permanent color. Bones are renewed every three months. The whole body is comprised of totally new cells from 7 years ago.