We as humans live quite busy lives, we have work to do, family to take care of, deadlines to meet, etc. so we don’t research as much as we should be doing and because of that reason, we are told some urban myths that we take for granted but they are actually false. If only we decided to fact-check.
We would like to tell you about 14 such things you believed, but they actually turned out to be false! Are you excited to know more? Scroll down to find out and have your mind blown.
14. Does space have gravity? WOW!
If a person weighs 100 pounds on Earth, he’ll weigh 90 pounds at the ISS. So why do people appear to float? It is because the ISS and almost all the objects in space are in a relative free fall with respect to the heavier object nearby. So the next time someone says space has zero gravity, you know what to reply.
13. Napoleon was quite tall.
At the time of his death, Napoleon was measured at a measly 5 feet 2 inches. Not much for a man of his stature, right? Well, it is debated that because of the language gap between the English and the French, the French took the unit of an inch to be longer than what it was and when accounted for correction, Napoleon measured 5 feet 7 inches. Not bad!
12. Coke in glass bottles is different from Coke in cans.
No matter what the company’s spokesperson says, the truth is that in a blind taste test challenge, Coke tastes different from each container. Although Coke does its best to regulate the taste and keep it uniform, the containers could react mildly with the liquid making it taste a little different.
11. This is how towels are stacked in stores.
In case you want a towel, don’t pull, ask the assistant and he’ll bring you one. The pulling isn’t allowed because of obvious reasons.
10. The Earth isn’t round.
Sorry Kyrie Irving fans, the Earth isn’t flat either. The actual shape of our earth is oblate which is like a sphere, flat on the top and bottom. Quite like an orange.
