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THINGS YOU THOUGHT WERE TRUE BUT ARE NOT

Added on: 2nd May 2015

 

MT. EVEREST IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN

ON EARTH

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Ok, so if you measure height above sea level, Mt. Everest really is the

highest. If you measure from base to summit though, it would be

Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It’s just that most of it is under water.

 

 

YOU’RE NEVER FAR FROM A RAT IN LONDON

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Scientists say there are probably 3 million rats in London.

That’s about 1 rat every 150 feet…still pretty far.

 

 

CRACKING KNUCKLES CAUSE ARTHRITIS

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No, it won’t cause arthritis but after a long time studies show it may

lower grip strength.

 

 

TOILET DOORS ARE DANGEROUSLY BACTERIA INFESTED

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According to studies at the University of Arizona door handles have the

least bacteria in the room. They are too dry and hard for bacteria to survive.

 

 

FISH HAVE SHORT MEMORIES

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Your fish are actually pretty smart and researchers at the Institute of

Technology in Israel have trained them to do some crazy things.

 

 

GUM STAYS IN YOUR BODY

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Pediatric gastroenterologist David Milov of Nemours Children’s Clinic in

Florida debunked this myth in Scientific American. No colonoscopy

has ever revealed abnormally old pieces of gum in the gastric system.

 

 

A DUCK’S QUACK DOESN’T ECHO

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Actually, it does. You’ll need a duck and a tunnel if you don’t believe us.

 

 

NAILS AND HAIR CONTINUE TO GROW AFTER YOU DIE

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This myth comes from the fact that after death skin recedes from the

body making fingernails and hair appear longer.

 


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