Common Myths That Have Been Debunked By Science

Lightning Doesn't Cause Thunder

Ok, this one is a bit of a scientific discrepancy. Lightning is a stream of electrons building in size by zapping from cloud to cloud until it strikes the ground. Thunder is the air's response to the superheated electrons traveling through it, not from the lightning itself.

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The More You Know

  • If you ate nothing but rabbit meat, you would die from protein poisoning.
  • The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
  • The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
  • Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet.
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