Crazy Facts and Myths Debunked

[Skyblade]

There are quite a few common misconceptions in the world. Which ones do you know that may blow our minds? (Please keep out of provocative subjects such as religion)

Bulls aren't angered by the color red - they're color blind. It's the movement of the cape that provokes them.

The Great Wall of China is actually not visible from space.

[Izeroth]

 Betsy Ross probably didn't make the first American flag. There is no historical evidence, and the story first surfaced in 1870-- decades after her death.

[Jetthebinturong]

This is not Rosie the Riveter, it is a completely unrelated design that was used because there was no copyright on it.
This is Rosie the Riveter:

[Blaggut]

Napoleon wasn't abnormally short; he was calculated in French inches, which are different. Also, he liked to be surrounded by EXTREMELY tall soldiers.

[LT Sandpaw]

Many people think flying is hard and dangerous. In reality it is incredibly safe and is even easier then driving a car.

[Hickory]

Ghosts aren't real

Abraham Lincoln had a thin, reedy voice and didn't like publicity. (I think)

[The Mask]

Ghosts aren't real

Abraham Lincoln had a thin, reedy voice and didn't like publicity. (I think)

The first one is debatable.

[MeadowR]

Cool thread idea! I find a lot of these kinds of 'mythbusters' about, so hopefully I will actually remember some and add them in in time.

Joan of Arc actually irritated the French king of the time, after her initial popularity and visions. It got to the stage of the French actually initiating the death of Joan, rather than it being solely what the English did.

[Cornflower MM]

Ghosts aren't real

Abraham Lincoln had a thin, reedy voice and didn't like publicity. (I think)

The first one is debatable.

Most definitely - Who's up for a debate by PM? *Glares at everyone*

Bananas DON'T grow on trees. Although we all call it a "banana tree" the stem doesn't contain true woody tissue. In reality it is a herbaceous plant, or "herb."

[Izeroth]

 Ostriches don't bury their heads in the ground. Birds are smarter than most people give them credit for. 

[The Mask]

We don't ride kangaroos in Australia. To be fair, we do have a few wallabies(Smaller type of kangaroo) who come itno the school but that's only because we have a bushy hill inside the school property.

[Eulaliaaa!]

Crows are actual very intelligent (don't know if you knew that). They're smarter than most people think, so are ferrets.

[Blaggut]

Why don't we make this the crazy fact and myth debunking thread?

I have some good civil war things that will interest thy sammich.

[Lady Ashenwyte]

Ghosts aren't real

I think a PM debate will help us. 

Ninja were often more honourable than samurai, contrary to popular belief.

[Banya]

There isn't actually a language called 'Arabic.'  We just simplify the Arabic languages by calling them by the same name.  There are many dialects of Arabic (Maghrebi Arabic of North Africa; Fus'ha Arabic of Egypt; Shaami Arabic of the Levant; and Peninsular Arabic, made up of regional dialects like Omani, Yemeni, Saudi, etc.).  Each dialect is as different as the Romance languages.  The roots are in Classical Arabic, but the dialects of Arabic are as different as different languages.  There is also Modern Standard Arabic, or Formal Arabic, which is most commonly written but only spoken in an academic setting.  Street signs are in Formal; local conversation is in Dialect.  So if you learn 'Arabic,' you will learn both Formal and Dialect.  Two languages and a new alphabet in one class; it's not easy.  (But the alphabet it awesome; it's like a code no one else can read).  I speak conversational Fus'ha, or Egyptian Dialect, as well as conversational Formal.