Common Myths That Have Been Debunked By Science

There is No Such Thing as a Photographic Memory

People are not born with better visual recall than others. Some people are born with better memories, some are also able to train their memories to be stronger throughout their life, but there is nothing photographic about it. Memories recall details that you catalog and produce images of within your brain, nobody just simply has an ability to remember circumstances perfectly. 

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The More You Know

  • The magnetic North Pole is moving.
  • The Guinness brewery supported all of it's employees who chose to fight in WW1. They were paid half of their wages while away, and their jobs were guaranteed upon their return. The brewery also sent them care packages containing chocolate and condensed milk.
  • Beavers have transparent eyelids so they can see underwater.
  • If you ate nothing but rabbit meat, you would die from protein poisoning.
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