What are some other scientific myths that kids made up?

Question

Like "If your hand is bigger than your face you have cancer." Stupid stuff like that. I am writing a satirical article, so any ideas?

Answer 1

I don't know if kids made this one up but its good.

Sharks can't get cancer

also you could use the myth about gum sitting in your stomach for 7 years

Answer 2

Lol, that's not a scientific myth... they say it so they can get someone to try it then they hit their hand while its over their face so it hurts their nose.

Answer 3

The 3 second rule: Food picked up less than 3 seconds after you drop it on the ground is still edible.

The distance between the point at which you can touch your middle finger on the palm of your hand & the end of your middle finger equals the length of your manhood.

Girl's Germs & Boy's Germs

That's all I can remember for now.

Answer 4

Daddy long legs are the most poisonous spiders on the planet, but they can't bite you.

Air doesn't have mass.

Having s*x with the woman on top makes it impossible for her to get pregnant. (I have heard this from many of my juniors this year........unfortunately.)

If you die in your dream, you will die in real life.

That color exists as an intrinsic property of objects and not a function of the human visual system.