10 Science Myths

Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>,
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1. Lightning can strike in the same place twice
2. There are more than just three states of matter
3. Humans use more than 10% of their brains
4. Apple computers are not immune to computer viruses
5. Hair and nails do not continue to grow after death
6. Vitamins do not prevent colds
7. Seasons are not caused by the Earth's proximity to the sun
8. A coin flip is not always 50/50
9. Pythagoras did not discover the Pythagorean theorem
10. Alcohol does not kill brain cells

(Cars don't usually explode in the gas tank is hit by a bullet or anything else; stars don't twinkle)

10 Historical Myths

1. George Washington did not have wooden teeth
2. The Vikings did not have horns on their helmets
3. Mussolini did not make the trains run on time
4. Edison did not invent the light bulb
5. Napoleon was not short
6. There is no evidence that Marie Antoinette said let them eat cake
7. Julius Caesar was not born by caesarean section
8. King Canute did not expect the tide to retreat
9. Franklin D Roosevelt probably did not have polio
10. Marco Polo did not bring back pasta from China

(Also, Hitler was not a vegetarian; Voltaire did not say "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"; cowboys did not wear cowboy hats)
These are all from a book called Misconceptions by Tim Rayborn