Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

We Have How Many Senses?

Aristotle created the five senses (sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing) but we actually have closer to 20.

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The More You Know

  • A Scarlet Macaw can live up to 80 years.
  • If you heat up a magnet, it will lose its magnetism.
  • Sony’s PlayStation 4 costs $381 to manufacture.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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