TOP Widly believed myths
- Great Wall of China can be seen from Moon or from
The claim that the Great Wall is the only structure on Earth visible from space, and even the Moon, the controversial countless times, but still remains in today's popular culture. Assumptions that this is a milestone in China seen from space and from the moon speculation of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, which today is not applicable. As for the view from space, the Great Wall is actually barely visible even from a low orbit around the Earth, which was confirmed by astronaut Chris Hadfield, the commander of the International Space Station.
- Vitamine C is weapon when fighting against flu and colds
It's done a lot of studies and research whose results showed that vitamin C may reduce the duration of cold symptoms in adults and children, but it has no power to reduce the severity of symptoms of colds. Although he spotted a small effect of this vitamin, significantly reducing the risk of developing colds has not been reported in the trials. Thus, vitamin C does not prevent colds.
- Christopher Columbus found "America"
Falsehood that Christopher Columbus was the first man to set foot on the soil of the American continent in 1492, still occupies an important place in world history. It is known that it is past at least one person, and that is Scandinavian adventurer Leif Erikson who is in the tenth century, some 500 years before Columbus discovered the territory now called Newfoundland.
- It takes seven years to digest gum body
Myths that talk about that if you swallow gum it can be wrapped and remain attached to the heart or stomach, are absolutely untrue. It is true that part of the chewing gum consisting of resins, fats and waxes is not digestible, but the man in my life eaten and many other indigestible things, and yet his digestive system deal with it. The problem may be more if you swallow chewing gum in a short period of time, it may end medical intervention to prevent blockages in the body.
- Bats do not see
These animals are not blind, they see perhaps even the best, just the light. Their ability to echolocation allows them to transmit Impluse which are deducted from other bodies and objects around in order to get such feedback information on the appearance of the premises by which they move. Bats see excellent, better than many others.