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A coin dropped from a very high building can kill someone on the ground
Myth.Coins are relatively small and light, they wouldn't kill a person and even hurt him very much.
We only use 10 per cent of our brains
Myth. The human brain is quite busy all day and night. In fact, various parts of brain are active all the time.
There is no part of the moon which is permanently dark
Fact. The sun illuminates every part of the moon during the 24-hour cycle.
Albert Einstein was very bad at maths at school
Myth. Records show that the young Einstein got very high marks in maths and science.
Antibiotics don't kill viruses
Fact. Antibiotics help your body to kill bacteria, not viruses. It's a waste of time taking them if you have a virus.
A full moon makes people and animals go mad
Myth. Nobody has found a link at all between the full moon and insanity (madness).
Bats are blind
Myth. In fact, bats can see just as well as humans and have a very advanced sound-based system.
Elephants are afraid of mice.
Myth. Elephants have no particular fear of mice.
The Sun is the center of our planetary system
Fact.According to Copernicus, the Sun is the center of our planetary system, and all its planets revolve around our star,each in its own orbit.
Isaac Newton, the famous English mathematician and physicist, discovered gravity after an apple fell on his head.
Myth. It is one of the most famous images in the history of science.
