Are mermaids real?
In May of 2012, Animal Planet aired a "documentary", Mermaids: The Body Found, revealing supposed evidence of mermaids. They followed up with another "documentary" in May of 2013, Mermaids: The New Evidence.
Both shows were entirely fictional. Fake. It was a hoax. Of course, the show's producers didn't let you know that until you read the very end of the closing credits, in which it is revealed that the so called "documentary" was science fiction, and the scientists were all actors. |
is the kraken real?
The kraken is a legendary sea monster, some kind of gigantic octopus or squid-like creature. It had been claimed by early sailors that the kraken was so huge it could entirely engulf a ship with its tentacles, sending those aboard to their watery doom. But was it all just a story told by sea-weary sailors who had spent too much time isolated at sea?
In actuality, this myth may have been based on a real marine animal - the giant squid. Dead squids that measured up to 45 feet in length (about the length of a school bus) have washed ashore from time to time. In 2004, marine scientists in Japan caught the first video of a live giant squid on camera. And in 2012, another group of scientists finally filmed the creature swimming in its natural habitat - the deep sea. |
Click below to see some footage of the giant squid
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is big foot real?
Sometimes myths are taken as fact because so many people believe it. Stories of giant half ape/half human creatures have been around for centuries. You have probably heard of Big Foot. In the Pacific Northwest of North America, he is known as Sasquatch. In Tibet he is known as Yeti, and in Australia they call him Yowie. In colder regions of the world, they call him the Abominable Snowman.
But just because a lot of people believe something, doesn't make it a scientific fact. The legend of Big Foot began when someone claimed to have found giant footprints in the mud. Then a homemade film was revealed that supposedly showed the creature walking in the woods. Click below to find out a little more about these two "discoveries". |
is the loch ness monster real?
Below are two photos of the Loch Ness monster, a prehistoric creature that some claim inhabits the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland (a loch is sort of like a lake, except that it has a narrow outlet to the ocean).
Click on each photo to find out the truth!
Click on each photo to find out the truth!
do ghosts exist?
You've seen "Ghost Hunters", right? It's a pretty popular show on the SyFy network.
One of the trademarks of these ghost hunters is the use of various devices that are supposed to detect the presence of ghosts. Have you ever wondered how those devices work? The folks at LiveScience.com did. Read the article to learn more. |
did space aliens build the egyptian pyramids?
can people multitask?
If you think you can... well... you're wrong.
Sorry. It's nothing against you. Its simply that the human brain doesn't work that way. Don't believe it? Read the first article below, and do the little test they describe on yourself. Click below to watch a video about "multitasking" Read more about what the scientific evidence has to say on the matter. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-11035055
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/why-multitasking-isnt-efficient http://www.apa.org/research/action/multitask.aspx http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/is-multitasking-bad.html http://www.talentsmart.com/articles/Multitasking-Damages-Your-Brain-and-Your-Career,-New-Studies-Suggest-2102500909-p-1.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/business/technology/stanford-professor-explains-the-mental-cost-of-media-multitasking/2014/09/29/c2f24772-4817-11e4-a4bf-794ab74e90f0_video.html |
Can you be killed by a penny dropped from the empire state building?
How many fatalities have there been from this?
In the late sixteenth century, Galileo famously showed that everything falls at the same speed, regardless of mass. A feather vs. a bowling ball? Same speed. Both fall at 9.8 meters per second squared. A penny, therefore, would be moving at about 208 miles per hour by the time it reaches your head. Ouch. There's more to it though. Pennies are flat. And New York City does not exist in a vacuum. Why does that matter? Check out the explanation at Scientific American. |