26 myths
A black hole’s gravity is the same as any other object of the same mass. Replace the Sun with one and Earth would keep orbiting normally. They even blow matter back out.
Your body holds together — skin and blood vessels are strong enough. Vacuum kills by suffocation, not explosion, and you’d stay conscious for about 9 to 15 seconds.
The pyramids were built by paid Egyptian workers who were well fed, housed in a purpose-built village, and buried in honor beside the monuments they raised.
Frozen vegetables are picked ripe and frozen within hours, so they often hold more nutrients than fresh produce that’s spent days in transport and a fridge.
Colds are caused by viruses, not temperature — wet hair can make you feel cold, but it can’t make you infected.
Spinach is packed with iron implies it's a good iron source, and it isn't — the oxalic acid locks most of it up.
Brown sugar is white sugar with molasses added back — same sucrose, and the trace minerals are far too small to matter.
Napoleon was about 5'6" to 5'7", average or slightly above for his time — the myth comes from a French measurement misread as English and from British wartime cartoons.
The Sun is white — it emits all visible colors at once, and our atmosphere scatters the blue away, which is what makes it look yellow from the ground.
Dogs and humans carry about the same number of mouth bacteria — roughly 600 types versus 615. The germs are different, not fewer, and dogs actually have worse dental health.
Twinkies do not last forever. They stay good far longer than most baked goods, but nowhere near forever.
The five second rule is fake. The amount of bacteria on a food depends on type of surface, contamination of surface, and how wet the food is.
A penny is too light and flat to kill somebody, by falling off a building.
Fortune cookies were introduced in California, by Japanese immigrants, in the 1900’s.
Cracking your knuckles does not give you Arthritis.
Vikings never wore horned helmets. The image comes from a 19th-century opera costume, not real Viking history.
Astronauts have confirmed the Great Wall isn't visible to the naked eye from orbit. It's too narrow and blends into the landscape.
Einstein excelled at math. The myth likely comes from a failed entrance exam (due to other subjects) and confusion over old grading scales.
Carrots support healthy eyesight, but they won't give you super night vision. The myth actually comes from WWII propaganda.
goldfish can remember things for months, not seconds.
lightning strikes the same spots again and again, especially tall or pointy structures.
there's plenty of gravity in space. Astronauts float because they're falling, not because gravity is gone.
An apple a day does not reduce doctor visits.
Our brain is used to its fullest.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776
Bulls are colorblind to red; it is the motion.
