What Sounds 100% Incorrect, but is Actually 100% Correct

It's amazing how information has changed since the Internet. Old wives tales are busted on a daily basis. Strange facts are proven every day. Well, here is a thread from AskReddit that asked this very question. What sounds completely false, but in fact, is true.

• In the state of Maine, there are more black bears than black people - CorsoRentalCar
• After the inclusion of 3 point seatbelts, emergency room visits from cars crashes went up exponentially. The result of people getting injured rather than dying in car crashes. - ColeKeys
• Pigeons are one of three milk producing birds - PigeonFacts
• Ireland is the 2nd biggest exporter of bananas in Europe. Edit: I was told they were 1st by a professor but they are actually 2nd after Iceland - FMacLo
• Your brain doesn't tell you to breathe based on low oxygen but based on high carbon dioxide levels - DogManDooDoo
• Sherlock Holmes has never said "Elementary, my dear Watson" in any of the 56 short stories or 4 novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. - khalamar
• Antarctica is a desert - Name400
• Nintendo was founded in 1889 - ComboOfWombo
• If you take away all the goals he made, Gretzky would still have the most points scored in NHL history - MozeeToby
• A 17-inch pizza offers more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas - huazzy