9 myths
Honeybees do die, because their barbed stinger tears loose in mammal skin. But most of the 20,000 bee species have smooth stingers and can sting again and again.
Diamond is the hardest material anyone can actually use, and the hardest thing on the Mohs scale. A few substances may be harder in theory, but nobody has produced a sample pure enough to prove it.
the Titanic was called “practically unsinkable” in print before it sailed, but nobody ever advertised it as flatly unsinkable. The qualifier was there from the start, and it’s the part that got lost.
Franklin really did praise the turkey over the eagle — but in a private letter to his daughter, two years after the eagle was already chosen, and he never proposed replacing it.
They do change color, and it does help them hide a little — but the main reasons are talking to other chameleons and managing body heat.
Hot water can freeze faster than cold under some conditions, but not always, and nobody has explained why.
Complex snowflakes are extremely unlikely to match exactly, but simple ones can look alike
Half True- Cats don’t always land on their legs. Sometimes they might get injured from falling in the wrong position.
swallowed gum passes through your system in a few days, just like everything else you eat.
