Some of these might seem obvious to some of you, but trust me these misconceptions are very common.
1. Sushi does not mean “raw fish” , it actually means “sour rice.”
Not all sushi includes raw fish anyway.
2. Cutting an earthworm into two does not produce two new earthworms.
If you’re lucky, the half with the mouth might survive and you will end up with a smaller earth worm..
3. Chewing gum does not take 7 years to be digested.
Even though it does take the body more energy to get the gum through your system, the time it takes is exactly the same as any other piece of food.
4. Humans did not evolve from apes.
Specifically, modern extant ape species. They simply share a common ancestor from which they both evolved, thought to be Sahelanthropus tchadensis, around 7 million years ago.
5. Croissants are from Austria , not France.
During an attempted invasion of Austria-Hungary by Ottoman Empire from Turkey in 1683, the Viennese bakers of Austria were the only ones who were already at their ovens and noticed the noises coming from the Turkish tunnelers trying to penetrate Vienna from underground. They immediately raised the alarm and the cover was blown. In celebration, a pastry was invented in the shape of a crescent also seen on the Turkish flag.
6. Charles Darwin did not coin the phrase “survival of the fittest” , he borrowed it from an English philosopher, Herbert Spencer.
7. A strawberry is not a berry
They are actually an example of an aggregate fruit that derives from a flower that has many ovaries( the part of the flower that eventually develops and ripens into a fruit)
8. Photographic memories do not exist
Up to now, there is no evidence whatsoever of a truly photographic memories. Eidetic memories do exist but even those people do not have the ability to recall events with the same precision as a camera.
9. Dogs and cats do not see in black and white or greyscale, they see in shades of blue and green.
Comment with any others you know. Did you know all of them..really?
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