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[shahrukh]

I often wonder about some of the things people say that we all take for granted. "Blind as a bat" for someone who can't see well, a short angry person with an "Napoleon complex" and things like that. Well it turns out a lot of these "facts" are nothing but falsehoods and misconceptions. For those of you who want to know the truth, here are some 'facts' that turn out to be quite untrue.
Bats are blind.

[shahrukh]

This is simply wrong. Not a single one of the 1200 known species of bats suffer from naturally occurring blindness. In fact, many of them can see in the dark better than humans can. This false myth is probably connected to the fact that bats sense distance by sending out high-frequency sounds, a sort of natural sonar. While this helps them a lot was flying around, they are still far from being blind.
You can see the Great Wall of China from space.

[shahrukh]

Even when you're looking at it from the lowest orbit above the earth, it’s still not possible to clearly see or photograph the Great Wall. It is still a massive structure, but not that massive.
Birds will abandon their babies if you touch them.

[shahrukh]

Birds in general don’t have such a good sense of smell. Even if you pick up a baby bird and put it back in the nest, regardless of whether or not it was supposed to have been out, the likelihood of the mother bird rejecting it is very small. In fact, unless the mother sees her child being touched, she’s unlikely to even know it happened.
Slaves built the pyramids.

[shahrukh]

Not Jewish slaves, not Egyptian slaves and not any other kind of slaves built the pyramids. Archaeological evidence has been uncovered that prove the men working in the construction sites were given comfortable accommodations, fed meat at least weekly, had good medical care and were most likely well remunerated for their work.
It is likely that the majority of workers were recruited from poor farming communities on a roughly three-monthly rotational basis. Many people came to work when their farms had been flooded by seasonal rains.
Cracking your knuckles will lead to arthritis.

[shahrukh]

There has been no scientific link of any kind between cracking knuckles and developing arthritis. It's just something people say when they want you to stop making that annoying sound.
Goldfish have a three second memory span.



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