1. "Humans Have Five Senses." There are lots more, too, although the lists vary and the final number-of-senses tally is in great dispute. One is "proprioception", which helps you pass the "close your eyes and touch your nose" test.
2. "Mount Everest Is The Tallest Mountain in the World." A mountain is highest in regard to how far it soars above sea level. Technically Mount Everest is tallest from base to summit but Mauna Kea kills it at being the highest summit.
3. "Columbus Was the First European to Discover North America." That honor generally goes to some Viking named Leif Erickson, who is believed by historians to have made his way from Scandinavia to Newfoundland a good five hundred years before ‘ol Chris was even born.
4. "Chameleons Change Color to Blend in with Surroundings." Chameleon color-changing is typically triggered by physical, physiological and emotional changes. They'll also change colors as a way of communicating in various manners and to pick a fight with a competitor. Light and temperature play a big part, too, in how these little fancy pantses look.
5. "Alexander Graham Bell Invented the Telephone." Some historians maintain that another fellow named Elisha Gray was the first to create a working telephone, only to see Bell get all the credit for it.
6. "Different Parts of Your Tongue Detect Different Tastes." More recent studies show that most people can sense different tastes all over their tongues.
7. "Dogs sweat by salivating." Dogs have sweat glands all over their body. They sweat primarily through their footpads.
8. "Bulls are enraged by the color red." Bulls are color blind. Being dichromats, it isn't the color of the cape that bothers them, but the movement of the fabric. This incites the bull to charge.
9. "Body Heat Dissipates Mainly Through the Head." You lose just as much heat per square inch through your head as you do through the rest of the body.
10. "Snakes hear and react to Music." They can feel vibrations but in a snake charming act they are actually responding to the movements made by the snake charmer and not the sound of the flute.
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