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An encyclopedia of misconceptions23 claimsWhyarium № 13

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Napoleon was short. Bulls hate red. Goldfish forget everything in three seconds. Each claim here waits for your verdict first. Then the lamp comes on, and the truth shows up in invisible ink.

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History

  1. 01Napoleon was unusually short.
  2. 02Vikings wore horned helmets.
  3. 03In the Middle Ages, people thought the Earth was flat.
  4. 04Einstein failed maths at school.
  5. 05Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.

The Body

  1. 06We only use 10% of our brains.
  2. 07Different parts of the tongue taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter.
  3. 08Sugar makes children hyperactive.
  4. 09Hair and fingernails keep growing after death.
  5. 10Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis.
  6. 11Shaving makes hair grow back thicker and darker.

Animals

  1. 12Goldfish have a three-second memory.
  2. 13Bulls are enraged by the colour red.
  3. 14Ostriches bury their heads in the sand when frightened.
  4. 15Bats are blind.
  5. 16Octopuses have three hearts.
  6. 17Wombats leave cube-shaped droppings.
  7. 18Sharks are older than trees.

Science & Space

  1. 19Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
  2. 20Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
  3. 21The Great Wall of China is visible from space with the naked eye.
  4. 22It's summer when the Earth is closest to the Sun.
  5. 23Old windows are thicker at the bottom because glass slowly flows.