This thread needs its own group of myth busters. There's misinformation all over the place.
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Originally Posted by Thermopyle
Did you know: That the Chines wall is NOT visible from space!
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NASA says it is:
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
A cheetah's speed is the result of having six more vertabrae in its back than the average wild feline.
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Specifically, it actually has more to do with the increased mobility they have in the pelvic girdle (ossa coxae and to some degree femur) and pectoral girdle (scapula/clavicle), which would be attributes resulting from their soft tissue formation, not bone. Being able to extend their shoulders and hips farther, they can achieve much longer strides.
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Originally Posted by bendsley
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
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Not a word according to the Oxford English Dictionary. What dictionary have you found it in?
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Originally Posted by ngdawg
Stomach acid is one of the most corrosive chemicals known
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Acid chyme in the stomach (resulting from HCl) has a pH of about 2.5 While this is a strong acid, it is fairly dilute in the stomach. Plenty of the strong acids, when concentrated, can push the pH 0 boundary, which is over 300 times more acidic as pH 2.5
To add my own fact:
The concept of deadly "quick sand" doesn't really work. While it would be difficult to get out of, it can't suck you under because water containing sand is much denser than pure water. Since people can easily float in water, they are significantly more buoyant in a water/sand mixture and float considerably better.
That's also thanks to Mythbusters.