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10 Fascinating Facts That Are Wrong
<b> 10 Fascinating Facts That Are Wrong
This is a list of facts and anecdotes that have a science-related slant. They are items of trivia that people all seem to know and share whenever the opportunity arises. But, like to get facts straight - and the items on this list are all dead wrong! Enjoy our thorough debunking of some of the silliest facts attributed to science.
10. Peanuts
False Fact: A scientific study on peanuts in bars found traces of
over 100 unique specimens of urine.
9. Elevator Freefall
False Fact: Elevators have killed or can kill when their cable snapped
Betty Lou Oliver) survived the 75 floor free fall because of air pressure beneath the car.
8. Folding Paper
False Fact:
This is one we all hear regularly - and we believe it because it is true when we tried it. But, in 2002 a US high school student Britney Gallivan proved it wrong by folding a piece of thing gold leaf more than 7 times with the use of tweezers. To further prove that it could be done, she bought a giant roll of toilet paper on the internet and her and her family took it to the local mall where they attempted to fold it more than 7 times. Seven hours of folding later, they had it folded into 12 folds.
7. Jumping Elephants
False Fact:
6. Old Dogs
False Fact: One dog year is equal to seven human years
5. Offer To Buy
False Fact: If someone wrongly advertises goods for the wrong price, they have to sell it to you at that price.
4. Space Dust
False Fact: NASA invented the DustBuster
3. Polar Bears
False Fact: Polar Bears are left handed
Where this myth came from is now lost in the dark recesses of history. The widespread of this misnomer is quite extraordinary with more google results announcing it as gospel than not. But in reality, scientists who have spent their working lives studying polar bears have found that they are actually ambidextrous (they use both hands equally well). It is possible that the myth was started when people observed the bears working well with their left hands, but they neglected to notice that they also worked well with their right.
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False Fact:
1. The Great Wall
False Fact: The Great Wall of China is the only manmade structure visible from space.
Well this is wrong on many levels. Firstly, while you are still close enough to earth to actually see the great wall, you can also see road networks, and other large objects created by man. There is, in fact, no distance from earth in which you can only see the great wall. By the time you get a few thousand miles away, you can see nothing manmade. Astronaut Alan Bean said:
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This is a list of facts and anecdotes that have a science-related slant. They are items of trivia that people all seem to know and share whenever the opportunity arises. But, like to get facts straight - and the items on this list are all dead wrong! Enjoy our thorough debunking of some of the silliest facts attributed to science.
10. Peanuts
False Fact: A scientific study on peanuts in bars found traces of
over 100 unique specimens of urine.
9. Elevator Freefall
False Fact: Elevators have killed or can kill when their cable snapped
Betty Lou Oliver) survived the 75 floor free fall because of air pressure beneath the car.
8. Folding Paper
False Fact:
This is one we all hear regularly - and we believe it because it is true when we tried it. But, in 2002 a US high school student Britney Gallivan proved it wrong by folding a piece of thing gold leaf more than 7 times with the use of tweezers. To further prove that it could be done, she bought a giant roll of toilet paper on the internet and her and her family took it to the local mall where they attempted to fold it more than 7 times. Seven hours of folding later, they had it folded into 12 folds.
7. Jumping Elephants
False Fact:
6. Old Dogs
False Fact: One dog year is equal to seven human years
5. Offer To Buy
False Fact: If someone wrongly advertises goods for the wrong price, they have to sell it to you at that price.
4. Space Dust
False Fact: NASA invented the DustBuster
3. Polar Bears
False Fact: Polar Bears are left handed
Where this myth came from is now lost in the dark recesses of history. The widespread of this misnomer is quite extraordinary with more google results announcing it as gospel than not. But in reality, scientists who have spent their working lives studying polar bears have found that they are actually ambidextrous (they use both hands equally well). It is possible that the myth was started when people observed the bears working well with their left hands, but they neglected to notice that they also worked well with their right.
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False Fact:
1. The Great Wall
False Fact: The Great Wall of China is the only manmade structure visible from space.
Well this is wrong on many levels. Firstly, while you are still close enough to earth to actually see the great wall, you can also see road networks, and other large objects created by man. There is, in fact, no distance from earth in which you can only see the great wall. By the time you get a few thousand miles away, you can see nothing manmade. Astronaut Alan Bean said:
pain and doctors cannot explain the phenomenon. Her father wants her to see specialists in Europe or America to find an explanation. Eye surgeon Dr Nasib El-Lakkis said he will be sending details of this case to an eye surgeons conference in Spain. ( Source: Reuters )
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