I’ve found myself, at several different points in my life, absolutely astounded when discovering things I believed to be true are, in fact, absolutely false. And I’m not the only one, I imagine; it is a humbling experience to realize something we were convinced to be true for the entirety of our lives is actually the complete opposite, and furthermore, it’s a slightly embarrassing one.
Seeing as there is a plethora of misinformation circulating throughout our world, I thought I would see if I could find some things we assume to be true but are not, referencing an article from insider.com. Check it out.
“A penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building will kill you. On Mythbusters, the scientists determined that a penny ‘traveling at terminal velocity cannot penetrate concrete or asphalt.’ It won’t cause serious damage to a person, and even at the speed of sound, will still not damage flesh. At most, it could sting a little.
“You can see The Great Wall of China from space. NASA confirms that The Great Wall of China ‘frequently billed as the only man-made object visible from space’ can’t actually be seen from the final frontier. Although the fact was debunked by Chinese astronaut, Yang Liwei, the textbooks were never changed, and will often still claim this as true.
“Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. This was probably told to you by people who can’t stand the sound of bones popping, cracking your knuckles or other body parts will not give your arthritis. Dr. Robert Klapper, an orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and co-director of their Joint Replacement Program, explained on the hospital’s site that there is no harm to cracking your knuckles. ‘The noise of cracking or popping in our joints is actually nitrogen bubbles bursting in our synovial fluid,’ he wrote. ‘It does not lead to arthritis,'” the article states.
Check back tomorrow for some more ‘fact’ debunking.
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