No mention of the age old "dont eat before you sleep, you get fatter" nonsense I keep hearing.
In South Korea, it is commonly believed that sleeping in a closed room with an electric fan running can be fatal in the summer. According to the Korean government, "In some cases, a fan turned on too long can cause death from suffocation, hypothermia, or fire from overheating." The Korea Consumer Protection Board issued a consumer safety alert recommending that electric fans be set on timers, direction changed and doors left open. Belief in fan death is common even among knowledgeable medical professionals in Korea. According to Yeon Dong-su, dean of Kwandong University's medical school, "If it is completely sealed, then in the current of an electric fan, the temperature can drop low enough to cause a person to die of hypothermia."[171][172][173][174] Although an air conditioner transfers heat from the air and cools it, a fan moves air to increase the evaporation of sweat. Due to energy losses, a fan will slowly heat a room.
Oh, he didn't say that he INVENTED it, he said he CREATED it... BIG difference. (even though both are false).Al Gore never said that he "invented" the Internet; Gore actually said, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
There is no single theory that satisfactorily explains myopiain particular, studies show that so-called eyestrain from close reading and computer games can lead to myopia, but the underlying physiologic mechanism is poorly understood. There is also no evidence that reading in dim light or sitting close to a television causes vision to deteriorate.
:hmm:#1 That wikipedia is a good source for information on ANYTHING.[citation needed]
It is commonly claimed that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the Moon.[50] This is false. None of the Apollo astronauts reported seeing any specific man-made object from the Moon, and even earth-orbiting astronauts can barely see it, but city lights are easily visible on the night side of Earth from orbit.[51] The misconception is believed to have been popularized by Richard Halliburton decades before the first moon landing. Shuttle astronaut Jay Apt has been quoted as saying " the Great Wall is almost invisible from only 180 miles up."
#1 That wikipedia is a good source for information on ANYTHING.
The source for the info isn't wikipedia though...
Another common misconception...
This one is just nit picky
Oh, he didn't say that he INVENTED it, he said he CREATED it... BIG difference. (even though both are false).
There IS a big difference. If he said he invented it, that would mean that he had a technical role in developing the technology. He was referring to providing funding.
#1 That wikipedia is a good source for information on ANYTHING.
....According to the California Academy of Sciences, around 41% of U.S. adults mistakenly believe [humans and dinosaurs] co-existed.
Do you know how retarded you need to be to believe that?!
I guess 41% of Americans are retarded.
This one is just nit picky
Oh, he didn't say that he INVENTED it, he said he CREATED it... BIG difference. (even though both are false).
No mention of the age old "dont eat before you sleep, you get fatter" nonsense I keep hearing.