TRUE OR NOT

A PENNY THROWN OFF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

WOULD KILL SOMEONE

It only weighs a gram and would meet air resistance so it may

hurt a bit but it certainly wouldn’t kill you.

THE 5 SECOND RULE

Even if you picked it up in a fraction of a second, that bit of food

would already be infested with bacteria.

COFFEE IS MADE FROM BEANS

Although it’s a technicality, those little things you see

aren’t beans…they’re seeds.

BATS ARE BLIND

While most species do use echolocation to navigate, they aren’t blind at all.

WATER IS A GOOD CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY

Actually pure water is quite bad at conducting electricity. The water we

are familiar with is just contaminated with minerals and other things

that really do conduct electricity.

OSTRICHES STICK THEIR HEADS IN THE GROUND

WHEN THREATENED

Ostriches never stick their heads in the ground at all. When they feel

threatened they flop over and play dead.

DOGS CAN’T SEE COLOUR

While common knowledge says they can only see grey, scientists recently

proved that they can actually see shades of blue, yellow, and green as well.

LEMMINGS COMMIT MASS SUICIDE

No they don’t. Although they may fall off cliffs during migrations

to areas they are unfamiliar with, the suicides are just a myth.