correlation does not imply causation. the fact that most corn dogs are eaten in the summer doesn't mean that it will magically become summer if you eat one in january.

the center of the earth is not molten. it's a 700 mile across ball of very solid nickel and iron.

the blood in your body is not blue, and it doesn't turn red upon exposure to air. it's always red; subsurface scattering of the light by your flesh just makes it look blue.

lightning strikes the same place as many times as it likes. for example, the empire state building is struck more than 100 times each year.

aristotle came up with the idea that humans only have 5 senses. like many other things, he got this wrong - we actually have between 9 and 20, depending upon your definition, including our abilities to sense balance and acceleration.

water does not go down the drain backwards in the southern hemisphere.

houseflies live 20 to 30 days. not 1.

birds won't abandon chicks touched by human hands.

adding salt to water raises - not lowers - its boiling point.