Education is still the key as they say, however, a lot of the supposed ‘facts’ we struggled to memorize in school and even taught other people as a show of our wiz are nothing but fallacies.
5 false facts we learned in school:
Your blood is blue when it’s deoxygenated: Your blood is always red whether or not it comes in contact with oxygen. The blue hue of veins in your body is a result of how your eyes absorb and see the color.
Chameleons always blend in with their backgrounds: Contrary to this widely held belief, chameleons not only have limited color options, their skin color changes to reflect their mood and not to match their background.
Swallowed gum will not digest for several years: This definitely scared a lot of us in our younger years into spitting out chewing gum. The truth is, an average person empties their stomach anywhere from 30 to 120 minutes – and your swallowed gum leaves your body at the same time.
Camels use their humps to store water: Who came up with this? I just want to talk! Camels mounds are filled with fat so they can travel several days through the desert without food – not water.
Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity when he was struck by lightning: First off, Benjamin Franklin was neither struck by lightning while flying a kite nor was he the first person to discover electricity. However, according to The Franklin Institute, he was one of the first people to observe it carefully and closely.
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