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Critical thinking skills

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    Is this fact true or false?
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  • T or F: sharks can smell a single drop of blood from miles away
    False- only a few hundred metres, not miles
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  • T or F: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world
    True!
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  • T or F: Humans can only use 10% of their brains
    False- brain scans have shown that we use all of our brains, just not at once
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  • T or F: goldfish only have a 3 second memory
    F: goldfish can remember things for months
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  • T or F: bananas grow on trees
    False- they grow on plants that look like trees- but they are actually giant herbs
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  • T or F: the Great Wall of China is visible from space with the naked eye
    False! Is isnt visible without special equipment; its too narrow and blends in with the landscape
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  • T or F: The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen
    False- its closer to 6%. The myth comes from an outdated estimate
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  • T or F: some frogs can survive being frozen solid in winter
    True! Wood frogs can freeze and thaw back to life
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  • T or F: You swallow an average of 8 spiders per year while sleeping
    False- this is a myth. Spiders avoid humans and do not crawl into mouths
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  • T or F: Octopuses have three hearts
    True!!
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