Fact or Myth 1
Fact or Myth: Goldfish have a 3 second memory.
Myth!
They have been proven to remember stuff for months. Can be trained to respond to stimuli and might even recognize their owners!
Fact or Myth: Bulls are angered by the color red.
Myth!
They react to the movement of the cape. They actually can't see the color red.
Fact or Myth: At appropriate levels, someone singing can break actual glass.
Fact! It has to be at certain frequencies but the vibrations will shatter the glass.
Fact or Myth: Greenland sharks can live up to 500 years.
Fact! One was discovered to live since 1505!
Fact or Myth: Grand Daddy Long Legs are the most venomous spider on the planet.
Myth!
GDLL are not even spiders, more closely related to scorpions/mites. While their venom is toxic, it isn't to humans. They couldn't bite us anyways their mouth couldn't puncture our skin (That part is TRUE).
Fact or Myth: Cats can be allergic to humans.
Fact!
Fact or Myth: The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller on warmer days than colder days.
Fact: Due to the thermal expansion of the iron!
Fact or Myth: When you swallow gum it will stay in your stomach for years.
Myth!
Gum will usually pass through your system completely in less than seven days.
Fact or Myth: You can catch a cold from being cold.
Myth!
You catch a cold from people.
Fact or Myth: You naturally float in the Dead Sea which has a 28% salinity or salt content.
Fact!
Its due to all that salt. Animals cannot survive this hostile environment.
Fact or Myth: If you mess with fire you will pee the bed.
Myth!
Fire has nothing to do with pee, water or urine. It was a way to keep children from something dangerous.
Fact or Myth: Cats will steal a baby's breath
Myth!
Cats don't steal a baby's breath, it is likely caused from SIDS.
Fact or Myth: Vaccines can cause Autism
Myth: Autism is caused by genetic factors.
Fact or Myth: Humans swallow up to 8 spiders a year in their sleep.
Fact or Myth: The blood in your body is blue in color.
Myth!
It appears that way due to skin tone and the way your veins appear under your skin. Also depth of the veins.
Fact or Myth: The Great Wall of China is visible from space.
Myth!
Astronauts state it is still hard to see when pointed out to them.
Fact or Myth: If you touch a baby bird, its mama will abandon it.
Myth!
You can pick them up and return to the nest.
Fact or Myth: Alcohol makes you warmer.
Myth!
It merely dilates blood vessels near the skin, creating the impression of warmth. And it can actually drop core body temperature.
Fact or Myth: Yawning actually cools the brain down.
Fact or Myth: Bananas are berries but a strawberry is not.
Fact: Strawberries are not actual berries!
Fact or Myth: The television was invented before sliced bread.
Fact! TV was invented in 1925 and Sliced bread in 1928.
Fact or Myth: Male deer are named Bucks because it is an old form of trading.
Fact!
It goes back to when fur trading was common place.
Fact or Myth: Jesus wasn't actually born on Christmas
Fact!
He was born somewhere in the spring.
Fact or Myth: You hair and nails grow after you die.
Fact or Myth: Toads peeing on you can give you warts.
Myth! HPV causes warts to grow on humans not toads.