When it comes to health and fitness, we’ve seen a lot of myths about our bodies pop up on the internet. The simple fact is that a lot of mechanisms of our body are still somewhat unknown to us, and what better place to ramble on about wild theories than the kingdom of Lord Google?
Anyway, since science is still a thing, we can easily debunk some of the myths that have been around for years. Let’s take a look at some of them and why they’re wrong.
We Swallow 8 Spiders A Year In Our Sleep
This simply doesn’t happen. Spiders couldn’t care less about entering our mouths, especially with all that heavy breathing going on. Odds of you waking up when a spider walks on your face are infinitely higher than that spider wanting to make a nest inside of your mouth.
You Can’t Swim After Eating
The myth that you’d drown if you swim 30 minutes after eating is just that – a myth. At worst it’ll make your stomach ache. So while it’s not very ideal to go swimming right after dinner, there’s nothing life-threatening about it either.
The Tongue Has 6 Taste Zones
In fact, our tongue has 5000 to 10000 taste buds waiting to taste all sorts of things. The taste zones seem to be more of a brain perception thing, where we assume a certain zone tastes certain things because we “feel” like it does. In reality, the entire tongue can taste all flavors equally.
