1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True (PART1)

MYTH 1. | The Earth is orbiting around the Sun. The Earth doesn't orbit around the Sun, it actually orbits around the Solar System's center of mass, known as the Barycenter. Although this point often falls within the mass of the Sun, it can also be shifted by the pull of other larger planets. Therefore, at least some of the time, everything in the solar system is orbiting around empty space.

MYTH 2.| The tongue has different regions dedicated to different tastes. The tongue doesn't have different regions dedicated to different tastes. Every single taste can be sensed on every part of your tongue.

MYTH3. | Returning baby birds to their nests causes their mothers to reject them. Picking up baby birds and returning them to their nests will not cause their mothers to reject them.

MYTH 4. | Sugar makes you hyper. Sugar doesn't actually make you hyper, and the idea of a sugar rush is an urban myth. According to a recent study done by researchers at Yale University, the entire "rush" is a placebo effect that we get from believing that sugar will make us hyper.
MYTH 5. | Chameleons change their colors to blend into their environment. While chameleons often do change their color to match that of their environment, they do it in order to communicate.

MYTH 6. | Napoleon was very short. According to the average height of a French man, Napoleon was actually taller than the average.

MYTH 7. | Vikings had horns on their helmets. Vikings did not wear helmets with horns on them.

MYTH8. | Ingesting chewing gum will take 7 years to digest. It doesn't take 7 years to digest chewing gum. In fact, it can't be digested at all and will simply pass right through you as is.

MYTH 9. | People with red and blonde hair are going extinct. Red heads and blondes aren't going extinct, they're just becoming more rare due to the world population increasing. In order for red heads or blondes to go extinct, every single person that carries that particular gene would have to die or not reproduce.

MYTH 10. | Bats are blind. Bats aren't actually blind. While some do use echolocation, they also have excellent night vision which allows them to see just as well as we see in the daylight.