- High-fructose corn syrup is worse than sugar; actually, they are equally as bad for your health.
- It takes seven years to digest gum; Mother’s made this myth up to prevent children from swallowing their gum. We digest gum just like any other food.
- There is no gravity in space; gravity is EVERYWHERE. It is simply a different degree of strength in different places.
- A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s mouth; FALSE! The bacteria in our mouth and a dog’s mouth are species-specific. Therefore, a dog’s mouth isn’t cleaner, just different.
- Yawning is contagious; I don’t see how this is a myth, because I am yawning as I type. Scientists believe it is a psychological issue.
- Lightning never strikes the same spot twice; lightning tends to favor and strike higher locations more than once. Actually, the Empire State Building is struck by lightning 25 times a year.
- Water drains backwards in the Southern Hemisphere; truth is, the direction water drains in has to do with the structure of the sink or bowl.
- Humans only use 10% of their brains; our cerebral cortex is actually pretty active, even while we sleep.
- Clouds are not weightless; an average cumulus cloud weighs about the same as 100 elephants.
- All oranges are the color orange; in Asia, oranges and tangerines are a bright green on the outside and orange only on the inside.
