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The Myth of the "Clean Air Plants"
Short version:
Houseplants do not purify the air in your house in any appreciable way.
I'm rating this meme exactly 0/10, because I'm guessing they were only accidentally accurate in the second sentence.
The Pothos Rooting Myth
We’ve all heard it.
If you’re rooting cuttings in water, you should throw a cutting of Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) into the same vessel, because it helps the “companion plant” root faster. If you search online – particularly on TikTok and Instagram/Facebook reels, in my experience – you can find dozens and dozens of examples of people who swear by this method, often with scientific-sounding explanations attached.
Unfortunately, every indication is that this is completely a myth.