The Stomach Needs 7 Years To Digest A Piece of Gum
All of us have at least swallowed the gum once in our lifetime. Though it is not recommended, the food and drug administration has already cleared the air by establishing that it is digestible!
Carrots Make Your Eyes Stronger
Though carrots can protect the eyes, they cannot improve the vision. Carrot contains a high amount of beta-carotene that helps in the conversion of an inactive retinol to vitamin A thereby protecting the eyes!
Rolling the tongue came to us via heredity
While it is believed that rolling the tongue came to us through genes and this is why only some of us can do it, the modern scientists have debunked it saying that it is not the case!
Fingernails and hair keeps on growing even after we die
This is completely false! The skin begins to shrink as we die, this is why the nails look longer!
The Hair Becomes Darker With Every Shave
Come on, if that were true, old people would have had the darkest colour of beard! However, the speed with which the beard grows might change, that depends on the hormonal change!
We Use Just 10% Of Our Brains
This is completely a false statement. The truth is we use only a small fraction of a brain while working on one thing. It is not that 90% of our brain cannot function
Chocolate Causes Pimples
Again, this is an untrue statement. It is about the foods that are high in sugar or fat, they can actually make the skin oily that can cause pimples!
We Have Five Senses
As opposed to the older proposition by Aristotle which holds that we've only five senses, the modern sciences believe that we have more than 33 senses!
We Release Most Part of the Heat through Head
While most people believe this to be true, modern scientists have established that we release only 7% of the heat through our head which is appropriate as the head region constitute 7% of the total body!
Cracking of Knuckles Leads To Arthritis
The truth is cracking the knuckles has nothing to do with arthritis. But anyway, the sound when people crack their knuckles is super annoying, so you should probably stop!!
