Seven scientific facts to ruin childhood | Dean Burnett

Children get told a lot of things that aren't exactly true. Generally, there's no harm in that. But some are so scientifically inaccurate it's potentially traumatic

Yesterday, allegations surfaced that Prime Minister David Cameron once inserted a private part of his anatomy into the mouth of a dead pig. Among the veritable supernova of pig-based mockery that occurred on Twitter and beyond, many referenced Peppa Pig, Piglet, Miss Piggy and more. So now countless people have associations between beloved childhood characters and the Prime Minister's private regions, souring many a fond memory.

But you don't need debauchery of world leaders to soil happy childhood memories, not when you've got science. And with that blatant shoehorning of a topical reference into a preconceived article, here are seven popular things aimed at children that are absolutely ruined by the application of scientific reality.