➼ MYTH: Different parts of your tongue detect different tastes REALITY: all taste sensations come from all regions of the tongue, although different parts are more sensitive to certain tastes.
➼ MYTH: Sir Isaac Newton "discovered" gravity when an apple fell on his head
➼ MYTH: The Great Wall of China can be seen from space
REALITY: the Apollo astronauts confirmed that you can't see the Great Wall of China from the moon.
➼ MYTH: Penguins mate for life.
REALITY: while mostly monogamous, there are some species, such as the Emperor Penguin which is only monogamous season by season.
➼ MYTH: The belief that Christopher Columbus discovered America
REALITY: but Columbus couldn't have possibly discovered America because Native Americans already lived here.
➼ MYTH: Vitamin C is an effective treatment for a cold
REALITY: most experts say there is little or no evidence that it helps.
➼ MYTH: Coffee is made from beans
REALITY: it is actually made from a seed.
➼ MYTH: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
REALITY: the top of Mount Everest is higher above sea level than the summit of any other mountain, but Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest when measured from base to summit.
➼ MYTH: Caffeine dehydrates you.
➼ MYTH: Chameleons change colour to match their surroundings
REALITY: they change as a response to mood, temperature, communication and light, not the object they are touching.
➼ MYTH: When in London, you are merely 6ft away from a rat.
REALITY: this is just a rough estimate as rodents are not evenly spread.
➼ MYTH: There is a dark side of the Moon.
REALITY: as it is constantly rotating on its own axis, there is no area of it that is in permanent darkness.
➼ MYTH: Humans have five senses.
REALITY: it turns out there are at least nine senses and most researchers think there are more like
➼ MYTH: A common myth is that oxygenated blood is red and deoxygenated blood is blue,
REALITY: but this belief is inaccurate. While glancing at your skin, you may be lead to think that the veins below the surface are carrying blood that is a different colour besides red. This is actually the results of how you perceive light and the way body tissues are absorbed. According to a medically reviewed article, blood that leaves the heart is full of oxygen, and therefore bright red, while blood that travels to the heart is dark red.
➼ MYTH: Bats are blind.
REALITY: According to Rob Mies, executive director of the Organization for Bat Conservation, large bats "can see three times better than humans."In addition to a normal sense of sight, bats rely on a technique known as "echolocation" at night.
➼ MYTH: Sir Isaac Newton "discovered" gravity when an apple fell on his head
REALITY: but the actual story is that Newton did start theorizing about gravity when he saw an apple falling from a tree and started thinking about it.
➼ MYTH: The Great Wall of China can be seen from space REALITY: the Apollo astronauts confirmed that you can't see the Great Wall of China from the moon.
➼ MYTH: Penguins mate for life.
REALITY: while mostly monogamous, there are some species, such as the Emperor Penguin which is only monogamous season by season.
➼ MYTH: The belief that Christopher Columbus discovered America
REALITY: but Columbus couldn't have possibly discovered America because Native Americans already lived here.
➼ MYTH: Vitamin C is an effective treatment for a cold REALITY: most experts say there is little or no evidence that it helps.
➼ MYTH: Coffee is made from beans REALITY: it is actually made from a seed.
➼ MYTH: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
REALITY: the top of Mount Everest is higher above sea level than the summit of any other mountain, but Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest when measured from base to summit.
➼ MYTH: Caffeine dehydrates you.
REALITY: while caffeinated drinks may have a mild diuretic effect - meaning they may cause the need to urinate - they don't appear to increase the risk of dehydration.
➼ MYTH: Chameleons change colour to match their surroundings
REALITY: they change as a response to mood, temperature, communication and light, not the object they are touching.
➼ MYTH: When in London, you are merely 6ft away from a rat.
REALITY: this is just a rough estimate as rodents are not evenly spread.
➼ MYTH: There is a dark side of the Moon.
REALITY: as it is constantly rotating on its own axis, there is no area of it that is in permanent darkness.
➼ MYTH: Humans have five senses.
REALITY: it turns out there are at least nine senses and most researchers think there are more like
➼ MYTH: A common myth is that oxygenated blood is red and deoxygenated blood is blue,
REALITY: but this belief is inaccurate. While glancing at your skin, you may be lead to think that the veins below the surface are carrying blood that is a different colour besides red. This is actually the results of how you perceive light and the way body tissues are absorbed. According to a medically reviewed article, blood that leaves the heart is full of oxygen, and therefore bright red, while blood that travels to the heart is dark red.
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| Bats |
REALITY: According to Rob Mies, executive director of the Organization for Bat Conservation, large bats "can see three times better than humans."In addition to a normal sense of sight, bats rely on a technique known as "echolocation" at night.
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