A coin dropped from a very high building can kill someone on the ground.
Myth. Coins are too small to kill a person, they can only hurt a little.
We only use 10% of our brains.
Myth. We use all of our brain, but for different things.
Babies have around 100 more bones than adults.
Fact. With age, the bones fuse and decrease in number.
The world population is 7.8 billion.
Fact. About four people are born and four people die every second.
We eat 8 spiders while we sleep every year.
Myth. There is no scientific evidence to prove this.
Stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve stainless steel.
Fact. Your stomach digests food thanks to highly corrosive hydrochloric acid with a pH of 2 to 3.
We have all been a girl at some point during pregnancy.
Fact. The Y chromosome only develops after the 5th or 6th week of pregnancy.
Albert Einstein was very bad at maths at school.
Myth. He was a great student in all subjects.
Bulls become angry at the color red.
Myth. Bulls are actually colorblind.
Male mosquitoes don't bite.
Fact. They eat nectar. Female mosquitoes are the ones that drink blood.
Lightning never strikes twice.
Myth. It happens a lot with very tall buildings.
Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
Fact. Scientists don't know for sure, but it's probably because of their wieght and weak leg muscles.
Our heart skips a beat when we sneeze.
MYTH! The heart's rhythm may sometimes change when we sneeze but it never stops and skips a beat.
It's a lot easier to catch a cold when it's cold outside.
MYTH! Colds are caused by the spread of viruses and bacteria not air temperature.
Healthy teeth have to be pearly white.
MYTH! A tooth's natural color is slightly yellowish.
Dogs can only see in black and white.
Dogs can see colors other than black and white just not a many as humans.
