Here are some superstitions and myths are so ridiculous that will make your cringe when you think about the time you believed in them.
Most people believe in certain myths and superstitions and over time they get over their false beliefs. Reddit user u/JoeyDotnot brought up the age-old conversation about silly things we used to believe in at one point, by questioning fellow netizens about the dumbest myths people still believe on today's date.
We scoured AskReddit to fetch some of the most ridiculous and unbelievable myths which are absolutely not true but still exist to brainwash ill-informed people.
"Black belts have to register their fists as weapons. I can't believe I was dumb enough to fall for that." - u/gorox47927
"That a black cat crossing your path is unlucky." - u/Top_Expression_6541
"That you should pee on a jellyfish sting for relief. Please don't do that." - u/rolis20544
"That soy makes you get boobs, or that it's bad for men. Soy has phytoestrogen aka plant estrogen. It has no effect on humans." - u/throwaway091238744
"The thing about how flashing your lights while driving at someone to remind them to turn theirs on is some kind of gang initiation ritual that will get you killed." - u/j00sr
"Don't hold your baby too much when they cry, it'll spoil them. In the first year of life, the baby doesn't understand being spoiled, they need to feel safe and secure." - u/Hoodratchet
"That vaccine causes autism." - u/Rhoeri
"Lie detectors is a literal thing. There's a reason they aren't admissible as evidence in court in most places." - u/bitew41489
"My dad had this guy helping him out who told him 'If you sleep with your hair wet, you will bleed out of your mouth' and he was 110% sure that was a fact. We were both just confused and bewildered by this statement. What the hell had this guy witnessed?" - u/bitew41489
"I had somebody tell me that it was really windy the other day because there was a meteor that passed close to Earth." - u/Dont-Fear-The-Raeper
"If you drop a penny off a skyscraper, it will eventually fall fast enough to puncture someone's skull. By that logic, raindrops would hurt like a bitch or straight-up kill you. Not to mention hail." - u/UnvwevweOsas
"That you eat spiders in your sleep. Spider will not knowingly walk into our mouths. They can sense both the heartbeat, heat and noise from humans. All things that would alert them not to go into our mouths." - u/messeboy
"I remember the myth that gum takes 7 years to fully pass through your digestive system." - u/QuandiliusDinglebop
"That you have to wait 48 hours to report someone missing." - u/loxisi5751
"It's a complete myth that every single person's hair will have the same reaction to chemo. Some people lose hair right away, some don't. Everybody is different." - u/DorothyGMilne
"That magnetic jewelry/healing will cure just about anything. A dude named Mesmer came up with the idea in 1780, and it has been debunked many times - yet it’s still a billion-dollar industry." - u/rolis20544
"That humans only use 10% of their brain. This is false, regardless of how those who proclaim this myth seemingly demonstrate that it is in fact true." - u/MatthewWakeman
"That shaving makes your hair grow back thicker." - u/DressureProp
"That people’s hands are eventually gonna be useless if they keep cracking their knuckles." - u/schleep_one
"There are still people who believe that having sex in certain positions can influence the sex of your unborn child or impact whether you have twins/multiples. It absolutely cannot." - u/NoSleepNoCoffee1
"I still believe that if any of my limbs hang off the bed while sleeping that a monster will grab them. I also believe that the moment I remember this and pull them back on the bed is just in the nick of time before a monster grabs them. You can't prove there isn't a monster under my bed." - u/bitew41489
"Had to explain to an adult that blood isn’t blue inside the body and red once it hits oxygen because blood already carries oxygen." - u/whatdoesntkillyou
"Anything about MSG. I battle with my health-conscious wife about this often. Too much of anything is bad for you. I still don’t understand the demonization of MSG." - u/Mister_Pibbs
"People think bats are blind. They aren’t." - u/holesix705
“That lightning never strikes the same place twice. Yes, it does, that’s the entire reason for lightning rods on buildings." - u/poxayif250
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