There are so many myths - 50 easily in many articles. We will just have to pick our favourites today. This is an interesting topic as myths are considered to be misconceptions today. They seem true because they've been repeated so many times and in so many places. In fact, one would call these false facts.
Here are myths that I have just learned are false. I found them in this article HERE.
The odds are always 50-50 in a coin toss A group of Stanford University researchers proved this common misconception wrong in 2007 when they flipped a lotof quarters and found that a coin was more likely to land on the face that it started on. The researchers put your actual odds at closer to 51-49, so pay attention to which side of the coin faces the sky when you make your call!
Every living thing dies While yes, most living things do die eventually, there is one species of jellyfish that doesn't technically perish. Known as the Turritopsis dohrnii, this essentially immortal sea creature reverts back into a juvenile state after adulthood—so it can live out yet another life alongside its offspring!
The sun is yellow According to the Stanford Solar Center, "it is a common misconception that the sun is yellow or orange or even red." In reality, "the sun is essentially all colors mixed together, which appear to our eyes as white." The reason we see the sun as yellow or orange most of the time is because those colored wavelengths, which are longer, are the only ones that make it to our eyes. The other short-wavelength colors—green, blue, and violet—become scattered by the atmosphere, which is what makes the sky look blue during the day!
In celebration of National Walking the Dog Day, let's walk some elephants dressed as clowns. You can throw them a biscuit as it is also National and International Dog Biscuit Day.
