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Jun 12, 2020 · Many of us were taught that humans have five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. But those are only the five basic senses. While this concept of the "five" senses originated with Aristotle, many scientists argue that humans actually have between 14 and 20 senses.
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- Most vikings never wore horns on their helmets. Some warriors may have had horns affixed to their gear, but they mostly had normal metal helmets. Wagner's 1876 opera The Ring of Nibelung inserted the false, mythic image into our minds.
- Iron maidens weren't used to torture people. We've imagined them for thousands of years, but the idea that they were in use in Medieval Europe was essentially 18th century slander against a time thought as barbaric.
- Marie Antoinette never said "let them eat cake." Firstly, the original claim was that she said the peasants should eat brioche. Secondly, there's zero evidence that she ever said it or something like it, but there are examples from earlier folklore where oblivious aristocrats show their ignorance by telling the starving poor to simply eat rich luxurious cake.
- Anne Boleyn probably did not have 11 fingers. While we're on the topic of French royal women who were forcibly separated from their heads: Anne Boleyn did not have 11 fingers.
May 30, 2021 · May 30, 2021. Researchers have already debunked the top 20 myths that we all commonly believe to be true—such as, ‘the most heat escapes through your head’, ‘we only use 10 percent of our ...
- Marissa Laliberte
- Fact or fiction? Science is hard enough to understand, especially when there are so many “facts” floating around that aren’t actually true. You’ve probably heard more than half of the facts below.
- Myth: Water conducts electricity. While this is a science myth, it doesn’t mean you should bring your toaster in the bath with you. The reason you shouldn’t swim in a lightning storm doesn’t have to do with the water itself.
- Myth: Blood is blue in your body. A widely shared myth is that blood is blue until it is exposed to air or replenishes its oxygen. Because veins are a greenish-blue, that theory sounds reasonable enough.
- Myth: Dinosaurs were scaly beasts. The giant, scaly lizards you see in Jurassic Park probably don’t look that close to what actual dinosaurs looked like.
Jan 30, 2016 · It's time to put an end to the most alluring science myths, misconceptions, and inaccuracies passed down through the ages. To help the cause we've rounded up and corrected dozens of the most ...
- Henry Blodget
May 9, 2024 · Also, the police can do a blood test. 6. “A high fall over water can be survived by throwing a hammer ahead of oneself and breaking the surface tension.”. Nope. You will still die. Might even be more painful. Do not try at home. 7. Dropping a penny off the side of the Empire State Building could kill someone.
Feb 2, 2018 · 33 History “Facts” We’ve All Been Getting Dead Wrong. Turns out a ton of what we all learned in high school history class just isn't true. Columbus' four voyages only made it to the Caribbean islands — and Norse explorer Leif Erikson is believed to have reached what is now Canada centuries earlier.
