1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True (PART2)

MYTH 11. | Life expectancy in the middle ages was low. Life expectancy in the middle ages wasn't as low as many people think. The average age was brought down due to high infant mortality rates, however, most adults lived well into their late 60s.

MYTH 12. | Fingers wrinkle because they absorb water. Your fingers don't wrinkle because they absorbed water, they wrinkle because your brain sends them a message to. While many people aren't sure what the exact cause behind the wrinkling is, many researchers suspect it's to improve our grip on wet surfaces.

MYTH 13. | The Coriolis effect changes the direction the toilet flushes. The Coriolis effect doesn't change the direction the toilet flushes, it only affects very large bodies of water. If your toilet is flushing backwards, it's because the water enters the toilet backwards.

MYTH 14. | The goldfish has a 3 second memory. While the goldfish doesn't remember things
ike us, their memory is capable to absorb much more than 3 seconds of information.

MYTH 15. | Sharks don't get cancer. Just like any living thing, sharks do get cancer.

MYTH 16. | Cracking your knuckles will lead to arthritis. Cracking your knuckles won't lead to arthritis. In fact, a doctor did an experiment on himself by cracking his knuckles on one hand every day for sixty years to see if it would lead to arthritis. In the end, it didn't and Donald Unger, the doctor, received the Medicine Prize from Ig Nobel Prizes.

MYTH 17. | Dropping a penny from the top of the Empire State Building will kill someone. Dropping a penny from the top of the Empire State Building will not kill anyone as the penny wouldn't be able to reach the necessary force to do any damage to a human being.

MYTH 18. | Fingernails and hair continue to grow after death. Fingernails and hair do not continue to grow after death, however the surrounding skin will start to recede which gives off the illusion that the nails are growing.
MYTH 19. | Dogs sweat through their tongue. Dogs don't sweat through their tongue since most of their sweat glands are located in their foot pads. While panting does help keep them cool, panting doesn't mean that they're sweating.

MYTH 20. | You are born with all of the brain cells you will ever have. You aren't born with all of the brain cells that you will ever have because your brain continues to grow and produce new cells in certain regions. This process is called neurogenesis.