You have the best sense of smell and taste on a plane.
False, sense of smell and taste decrease by 20-30%
Your nose gets colder if you lie.
False, it gets warmer.
Olympic gold medals are mostly made of gold.
False, they are mostly made of silver.
Jellyfish can't sting you when they die.
False! Dead jellyfish can still sting.
Moon flowers bloom in the day.
False, they only bloom at night
Spikes on a Stegosaurus tail were as tall as a 3-year old child.
True
False
Paris has STOP signs for cars.
False
Caterpillars have 2 eyes.
False! Most caterpillars have 12 simple eyes (6 on each side of their head).
Breadcrumbs were used to erase mistakes before erasers were invented.
False
True
Dogs have unique nose prints.
True
False
The first candy canes had stripes.
False, the earliest candy canes were plain white. The red stripes were added much later.
Donkey cheese or Pule cheese is the most expensive cheese in the world.
False
True
There is a heart-shaped coral reef in Australia.
False
True
About 20 volcanoes erupt every day.
False
True
You can only taste garlic with your mouth.
False, you can taste garlic with your feet.
The Statue of Liberty was built by an American sculptor.
False, it was gifted by France.
You shed 30,000 dead skin cells in a day.
False, you shed that many in a minute!
Chewing gum is illegal in Singapore.
True
False
Pistachios are a nut.
False, they are a fruit.
Popsicles were accidently invented by an 11-year old.
False
True
Earthworms have 1 heart.
False! They have five pairs of aortic arches ("hearts").
Butterflies don't have ears.
False! Many butterflies have hearing organs, but they are not ears like ours. Some are located on their wings or body.
You can fit 5 earths inside the sun.
False! About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun.
Kite-flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
True
False