February 15, 2006
More common myths
Read about them at LiveScience.com
- True - Chickens can live without a head
- False - Lightning never strikes the same place twice
- False - Water drains backwards in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Earth's rotation
- False - Hair and fingernails continue growing after death
- False - Humans use only 10 percent of their brains
- Semi-True - A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's
- False - There is no gravity in space
- True - A falling cat will always land on its feet
- True - Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use
- True - You get less wet by running in the rain
- False - A penny dropped from the top of a tall building could kill a pedestrian
- False - The five second rule (safe to eat off the ground within 5 seconds)
- False - Adults don't grow new brain cells
- False - The Great Wall of China is the only manmade structure visible from space
- True - Chicken soup can cure the common cold
- False - Animals can predict natural disasters
- True - Yawning is "contagious"
- False - Seasons are caused by the Earth's proximity to the sun
- False - Men think about sex every seven seconds
- False - It takes seven years to digest gum