19 Lies You've Probably Been Told At Some Point

    Warning: You may feel the earth move under your feet.

    1. You can kill someone by dropping a penny off the Empire State Building.

    2. Toilets flush counterclockwise in Australia.

    3. You can see the Great Wall of China from space.

    4. Swallowing gum is really bad for you, and could even kill you.

    5. There are more people alive now than have ever lived.

    6. More than 50% of NASA employees are dyslexic because they're sought after for their excellent problem-solving abilities and spatial awareness.

    7. Someone with bad eyesight is "as blind as a bat."

    8. All of the ants in the world collectively weigh more than all of the humans.

    9. Barcode scanners only scan the white space.

    10. The reason artificial banana flavoring doesn't taste like real bananas is because it's based on an extinct kind of banana.

    11. Oranges were named after the color orange.

    12. We only use 10% of our brains.

    13. Bulls get angry and charge at the color red.

    14. You swallow an average of eight spiders a year in your sleep.

    15. Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the symbol of the US.

    16. Fortune cookies come from China.

    17. A shot of espresso has more caffeine than a cup of coffee.

    18. "Ye" is pronounced how it looks.

    19. Napoleon Bonaparte was shorter than the average male.