Proven False Myths
Amazing Facts
Please note that some of the 'facts' below have been proven false myths. An example is the duck's echo which does not echo (but proved that it does). 1. It is impossible to lick your elbow (busted) 2. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out. 3. A shrimp's heart is in it's head. 4. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second. 5. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. 6. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 7. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 8. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone …show more content…
Also, this was the closest perigee of the Moon of the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. In places where the weather was clear and there was a snow cover, even car headlights were superfluous. 62. According to security equipment specialists, security systems that utilize motion detectors won't function properly if walls and floors are too hot. When an infrared beam is used in a motion detector, it will pick up a person's body temperature of 98.6 degrees compared to the cooler walls and floor.
If the room is too hot, the motion detector won't register a change in the radiated heat of that person's body when it enters the room and breaks the infrared beam. Your home's safety might be compromised if you turn your air conditioning off or set the thermostat too high while on summer vacation. 63. Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communications which culminated in the cellular telephone. 64. On December 23, 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., held a secret demonstration of the transistor which marked the foundation of modern …show more content…
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. 105. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance. 106. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. 107. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. 108. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 109. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear any pants. 110. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. 111. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. 112. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. 113. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 114. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 115. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before! 116. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and
Please note that some of the 'facts' below have been proven false myths. An example is the duck's echo which does not echo (but proved that it does). 1. It is impossible to lick your elbow (busted) 2. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out. 3. A shrimp's heart is in it's head. 4. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second. 5. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. 6. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 7. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 8. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone …show more content…
Also, this was the closest perigee of the Moon of the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. In places where the weather was clear and there was a snow cover, even car headlights were superfluous. 62. According to security equipment specialists, security systems that utilize motion detectors won't function properly if walls and floors are too hot. When an infrared beam is used in a motion detector, it will pick up a person's body temperature of 98.6 degrees compared to the cooler walls and floor.
If the room is too hot, the motion detector won't register a change in the radiated heat of that person's body when it enters the room and breaks the infrared beam. Your home's safety might be compromised if you turn your air conditioning off or set the thermostat too high while on summer vacation. 63. Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communications which culminated in the cellular telephone. 64. On December 23, 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., held a secret demonstration of the transistor which marked the foundation of modern …show more content…
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. 105. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance. 106. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. 107. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. 108. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 109. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear any pants. 110. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. 111. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. 112. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. 113. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 114. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 115. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before! 116. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and