22 Basic Facts a Scary Amount of People Don't Know

1.

Drowning doesn't usually look like drowning on TV. 9/10, it's just silent. The person goes under and doesn't come back up.

2.

You cannot cook chicken medium rare.

3.

Mixing bleach and pine sol creates toxic fumes that can actually kill you if they build up too much in a room.

4.

Just because it's natural doesn't mean it is automatically healthy. Just because it is artificial or synthetic doesn't mean it is automatically bad for you.

5.

That Africa is not a country.

6.

Where the water shutoff is in their house.

7.

Wild animals are NOT good pets.

8.

How to tell if food has gone bad.

9.

How to merge in traffic. Specifically zipper-merging. People are terrible at that.

10.

Cops can lie to you, and are not obligated to read you your Miranda rights upon arrest unless they're going to interview you.

11.

That not all internet news is real.

12.

It is very easy to not block the whole aisle with your cart at the grocery store.

13.

That you should wait for people to get off the elevator when it arrives at your floor, instead of cramming yourself in when the doors open, blocking their departure.

14.

How to spot an obvious scam.

15.

How a 4 way stop works.

16.

How to cook basic foods.

17.

How long it takes a semi truck to stop.

18.

Choking is usually silent. If there's any hacking / coughing... they aren't choking and don't need a Heimlich maneuver. You only use the Heimlich if there's no sound coming out of their mouth.

19.

Pretty much every machine requires maintenance.

20.

Don’t dive in the water to save a drowning person. They WILL kill you.Throw them a flotation device. Hand them a broomstick and pull them to safety. Do NOT get in the water with a panicking person. Wait until they are unconscious and then dive in to retrieve them.

21.

Don’t put water on a grease fire. This is when your pan/pot catches fire while cooking.

22.

Ponies are small horses, not baby horses.