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Urban Legend of Internet

Thanks to people who enjoy sharing incredible tales found online, urban legends have
made themselves at home on the Internet. These false stories have been passed along through
e-mails so many times that people believe they’re actually true.

One legend claims a boy fell asleep with candy near his head and had hungry ants crawl
into his ear and go through his brain to get to the treat. Besides sounding crazy, this is
scientifically impossible. Even if ants desired to get in one’s ear, the eardrum would keep
them from directly entering the brain. Another urban legend claims drinking soda dissolves
one’s teeth because the drink contains acid. The legend further states that if you place a tooth
in a glass of soda, it will completely disappear overnight. The fact is there isn’t enough acid
in soda to do that.

Some people spending too much time online may believe all information on the Internet
is true. In reality, many stories are just urban legends. So closely examine what you read
before trusting it.

網路謠言

感謝那些喜歡在網路上分享令人難以置信的故事的人，網路留言已經在網路上找到
自我歸屬。這些虛假的故事已經通過電子郵件傳遞到世界各地，而人們也相信這些故
事是真的。

曾經有個流言聲稱一個男孩睡著時頭邊有顆糖，有隻飢餓的螞蟻因此爬進他的耳朵
，並到他的大腦作客。此件事聽起來很瘋狂，因為這在科學上是不可能的。即使螞蟻
進入人類的耳朵時，耳膜就會直接把螞蟻擋在外頭。另一個網路流言聲稱喝蘇打水可
以溶解一個人的牙齒，因為裡頭含有酸性物質。還有傳說中進一步指出，如果你把牙
齒放在一杯蘇打水裡，隔夜牙齒就會消失無蹤。但是事實卻是沒有足夠的酸性物質能
夠做到這一點。

有些人花太多時間在網上並且相信網路上的所有訊息都是真實的。在現實中，許多
故事都只是網路流言。所以，仔細確認過任何事在你讀過並且相信它之前。

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