Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Please, Don’t Cut Earthworms

For some reason, it’s been ingrained in our heads that earthworms continue to survive after you cut them in half, making two living earthworms. Nope! You’re just killing it.

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The More You Know

  • But the loudest animal relative to its size is a water bug.
  • Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
  • The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
  • The moon has its own time zones.
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