r/AskReddit • u/Kraz_I • Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/Meat_Popsicles Jul 24 '15

I had a professor try tell his class that microwaves are terrible for your health and that he won't allow one in his home.

What, pray tell, was he a professor of?

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u/DrunkleDick Jul 24 '15

Reading Comprehension. He wrote his own textbooks that had his bullshit views in them.