17 MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE NOT TRUE BUT YOU STILL BELIEVE THEM

Here are 17 MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE NOT TRUE BUT YOU STILL BELIEVE THEM. I am sure that at the end of this article you will get rid of most of the misconceptions you were considering true.

Most of the truths get revealed after a research over the lies. Truth is the main thing that let us move towards success and right path. But there are lot of myths which are present still in 21th century and people don’t know that these things are true. So for these people we have came with our topic 17 MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE NOT TRUE BUT YOU STILL BELIEVE THEM. Stay tuned with us and comment down your opinion after reading. It means a lot for us.  

1. TONGUE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS FOR DIFFERENT TASTES

This is very popular misconception that the tongue have different parts for different senses. Even in the schools and colleges it is teached. Our human anatomy and physiology teacher also teached us that. But any of us didn’t connect the logic behind it. Means if you put salt on tongue in region of sweet taste will it be tasteless? Obviously NO.

Definitely there are various taste buds present on tongue. There may be some parts more sensitive to a particular taste. But that doesn’t means that that parts senses only that taste. This was scientifically disproven by research which found that all taste sensations come from all regions of the tongue, although different parts are more sensitive to certain tastes which maybe reason for this misconception.

 

2. MOUNT EVEREST IS THE 'TALLEST' MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD

As every child knows that which is the tallest Mountain in the world and the answer is Mount Everest.  But really? According to some experts the height of Mount Everest measured i.e. 8844.43 meters is from the above of sea level. But if measured from below the sea level “Mauna kea” is the world’s tallest Mountain with a height of about 10210 meters. Definitely that was out of the box thinking I never thought!

3. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE

There is a popular space myth that Great Wall of China is visible from the space. But the Great Wall of China isn’t that much great in the space.

The Apollo astronauts confirmed that you can't see the Great Wall of China from the Moon. In fact, there is nothing on earth you can see from the Moon other than white and blue marble of Earth. Interesting misconception about china.

4. COFFEE IS MADE FROM BEANS

As we already discussed in our article of coffee facts that coffee is not made from the beans, but actually they are not beans but they are berries. This is the popular misconception about coffee that people still believe.

 

5. VITAMIN C IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR A COLD

Ya that’s very much widely spreaded misconception about the vitamin c and misconception about health. When someone have the cold they are encouraged to take the vitamin c consumption.

But the vitamin c is not a treatment of the cold. It is associated with just building the immune system but taking vitamin c too much in the cold can exacerbate the condition. So next time be careful in the cold.

6. CAFFEINE DEHYDRATES YOU

Again we discussed in our past article about 7 interestingfacts about coffee you never knew about the caffeine is not the dehydrating agent. Definitely there is diuretic effect which may cause increase in urine. But it doesn’t have any evidence of dehydrating you. This is also a popular caffeine misconception.

7. YOUR FINGERNAILS CONTINUE TO GROW AFTER YOU DIE

Ya you may wonder but people believe that. But the main thing is that nails don’t grow after death. The reason behind it seems to be growing that The dehydration of the body after death can cause retraction of the skin around hair and nails, giving the illusion that they have grown.

However, all tissues require energy to sustain their functions, and no such thing is possible once the mechanism that promotes normal growth shuts down at death. This was a great misconception about the nails.

8. BATS ARE BLIND

We all as science lover know that the bats hunt using ultrasound echo. They are nocturnal and have tiny eyes. But that doesn’t mean that bats are blind. But in contrast the research shows that the bats sometimes prefers hunting using eyesight rather than the ultrasound echo. Important to understand these misconceptions about bats. But one thing is true china has a deep relation to bats and viruses.

9. HANDLING A BABY BIRD WILL MAKE ITS MOTHER REJECT IT

In villages and high societies people still believe that touching a bird can let him the rejection by his mother. But that’s not true at all. Most birds have a very poor sense of smell, so in most cases are unable to even notice human scent on baby bird. There may be some exceptions. So never believe these misconceptions about birds.

10. BULLS ARE ENRAGED BY THE COLOUR RED

It is a proven fact that bulls only see blues and yellow. They only react to the red cape because of the movements that flutter around.so drink redbull and chill and don’t trust on these misconception about bulls.

11. SHAVING YOUR LEG HAIR WILL MAKE IT GROW BACK QUICKER

Many believe shaving body hair makes it grow back quicker but shaving hair doesn't change its thickness, colour or rate of growth. Shaving facial or body hair simply gives the hair a blunt tip which might feel coarse or 'stubbly' for a period of time as it grows out.

12. OSTRICHES BURY THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND WHEN THEY ARE SCARED

Yes I also thought that the ostriches are scared then they bury their head in the sand. But it is not true. The main reason is that swallowing sand and pebbles help them to grind their food in their stomachs. This means they have to bend down and briefly stick their heads in the earth to collect the pebbles. It is not because they are scared.so that was important to clear the misconceptions about the ostriches.

13. ALBERT EINSTEIN FAILED MATHS AT SCHOOL

Albert Einstein, great scientist and innovator and inspiration of the science lovers did he failed in maths in the school? No but rather He failed one entry exam to a school but in fact, he actually excelled at mathematics throughout his schooling and even considered becoming a mathematician for a time. So stay away from these misconceptions about Sir Einstein.

14. ALCOHOL KEEPS YOU WARM

Alcohol is cold but when you drink it makes you completely warm that is a misconception by the way. In fact alcohol may make your skin feel warm, but this is due to a sip of alcohol causes your blood vessels to dilate, moving warm blood closer to the surface of your skin, making you feel warmer temporarily. At the same time, however, those same veins pumping blood closer to the skins surface causing you to lose core body heat. And this was a good misconception about alcohol.

15. LIGHTNING DOESN'T STRIKE THE SAME PLACE TWICE.

Here is a thing comes that many of the people say that when lightning occurs once it never fall on that place again. But there are several results and evidences present in NASA that lightening can occur again and again at one place. You can click here to see that article.

16. IT’S NECESSARY TO DRINK 8 GLASSES OF WATER PER DAY

Our family members always say that drink 8 glass of water every day. Even TV news channels and health experts tell that. Have you actually tried it? Everyone is different and it’s not possible to drink eight glass of water every day.

 If you have tried you must knew that drinking eighth glass of water can be very hard. Drink a lot of water in day but according to your capacity. That is important misconception about the water.

17. PEOPLE HAVE ONLY 5 SENSES

We have taught that basically there are five senses and that is correct completely. But the thing is that based on that 5 senses there are other senses including perception, temperature etc. some scientists count to the 22 senses.

So these are “17 MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE NOT TRUE BUT YOU STILL BELIEVE THEM”. Hope you people enjoyed it. If you liked this article then comment down. Your comments means a lot to us. Have a nice day.