The Biggest Lies Taught To Young Minds In American Schools. This Is Crazy To The Core!
Introduction
10 myths you were taught in school that are not true! The clip after this list is gonna leave you flabbergasted.
#1 Chameleons change colors to camouflage themselves.
Chameleons actually change colors for a different reason. Colors on the lizards change both as a characteristic of mating behavior and as a method to regulate their body temperatures. For example, they change from a light to dark color to absorb more heat. Still cool, though!
#2 Christopher Columbus discovered America and the fact that the Earth is round.
Neither, actually. Ancient Greek mathematicians had formulated theories about the roundness of Earth some 2,000 years before Columbus lived. Also, while many credit Columbus with the discovery of America, viking Leif Erikson actually discovered it first in 1,000 A.D.
#3 Different tastes are detected on different parts of the tongue.
The entire surface of the tongue equally detects different tastes, whether it's sweet, salt, bitter or sour. It's actually a protein on the tongue that detects the taste of something sour.
#4 Abraham Lincoln was strongly against slavery.
While Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, his belief that all slaves should be free actually only applied to slaves living in the Confederate states. In fact, he actually wrote in 1862 that if he "could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it."
#5 An apple fell on Sir Isaac Newton's head, thus helping him discover gravity.
Newton did devise his theory of gravity after watching an apple fall from a tree. However, the idea that it actually fell on his head is nothing but a myth.
#6 Humans evolved from chimpanzees.
While its true that humans share a common ancestor with chimpanzees, the two species actually formed two separate lineages. The two different species formed separately over 6 million years ago. We're in the same taxonomic family and share a common ancestor, but anyone who says humans "evolved from monkeys" is very much in the wrong.
#7 There is no gravity in space.
There actually is, it's just significantly weaker compared to here on Earth. Gravity in space is actually responsible for keeping the moon in orbit. Objects in space that appear to be defying gravity are in reality just in a state of free fall.
#8 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Edison actually bought the patent for an incandescent bulb from the widow of a fellow inventor named Heinrich Goebel. Before Edison had his lucky breakthrough, around 22 other inventors had toyed around with incandescent bulbs.
#9 There were 13 original colonies.
The American flag has 13 stripes that represent 13 of the original colonies. Unfortunately for us, there were actually only 12 starting colonies, since Delaware was never a separate colony. Delaware remained a part of Pennsylvania until the Revolutionary War. Before that, the "phantom colony" was switched between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
#10 Pretty much everything about Thanksgiving.
While we romanticize the first Thanksgiving as being a peaceful and joyous meal between Pilgrims and Native Americans, the true story is something far less celebratory. In fact, the only thing the Europeans shared with the Native Americans was plague and disease. The image of Pilgrims and Native Americans breaking bread together was a fabricated PR tale of the time that is incredibly still taught in schools.
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