#science myths

Stories tagged “science myths” in the Weird Science History archive — 11 stories connected by this topic.

• The 'World's Most Venomous Spider' That Couldn't Bite You — So a MythBuster Let It Try
• The Misplaced Decimal Point That Made Spinach Famous — and Never Existed
• The Bumblebee That Science Supposedly Proved Couldn't Fly
• The Dogs That Drooled Too Soon — and the Bell Pavlov Didn't Ring
• The Great Wall 'Visible From the Moon' — Promised 215 Years Before Anyone Could Check
• The Opera Costume Designer Who Put Horns on the Vikings
• The September That Jumped From the 2nd to the 14th
• The Bathtub That Took 24 Hours to Drain to Test a Myth
• The Lemmings That Never Jumped Off the Cliff
• The Park Ranger Struck by Lightning Seven Times
• The Myth That You Only Use 10% of Your Brain

Related topics: #common misconceptions #meteorology #physics #aerodynamics #animal behavior #archaeology #astronomy #lightning