10 Misconceptions Learnt In School

<div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Einstein got bad grades in school</span></strong><br/>Generations of children have been heartened by the thought that this Nobel Prize winner did badly at school, but they're sadly mistaken. In fact, he did very well at school, especially in science and maths (unsurprisingly).</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p class="color--maroon"><strong>Humans evolved from apes</strong></p><p>Darwin didn't actually say this, but he's been misreported ever since. What he did say was that we, and apes, and chimpanzees for that matter, had a common ancestor, once, a long, long time ago.</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Napoleon was short</span></strong><br/>He was actually around 5ft 7 (about 1.7m), completely average for the 18th and 19th century. So how did the myth come about? Perhaps it was because he was always surrounded by his imperial guards, who had to pass a height requirement. </p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Thomas Edison invented the light bulb</span></strong><br/>Edison invented a lot of things – in fact he's one of the most famous inventors of all time – but the light bulb wasn't one of them. What he did was develop a light bulb at the same time as the British man, Joseph Swan, who came up with it originally.</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Columbus believed the earth was flat</span></strong><br/>He may not have known how big the world was, but he wasn't worrying about falling off the edge of it.</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Different parts of the tongue detect different tastes</span></strong><br/>You do have different taste buds on your tongue and some are more sensitive than others. But they aren't divided into perfect, easy-to-teach sections.</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p class="color--maroon"><strong>Water flushes differently in different hemispheres</strong></p><p>No it doesn't. Sorry!</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p class="color--maroon"><strong>Vikings had horns/helmets with horns</strong></p><p>Vikings may have been buried with their helmets and with drinking horns. When they were dug up by the Victorians, they assumed that the helmets had horns.</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Lemmings throw themselves over cliffs to commit suicide</span></strong><br/>The poor old things are sometimes so desperate for food that they do, according to the BBC "jump over high ground into water", but they aren't committing group suicide.</p></div> <div xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><p><strong><span class="color--maroon">Cheese are the favorite food of mice</span></strong><br/>Mice enjoy food rich in sugar as well as peanut butter and breakfast cereals. So a Snickers bar would go down much better than a lump of cheddar.</p></div>

10. Einstein got bad grades in school

Generations of children have been heartened by the thought that this Nobel Prize winner did badly at school, but they're sadly mistaken. In fact, he did very well at school, especially in science and maths (unsurprisingly).

9. Humans evolved from apes

Darwin didn't actually say this, but he's been misreported ever since. What he did say was that we, and apes, and chimpanzees for that matter, had a common ancestor, once, a long, long time ago.

8. Napoleon was short

He was actually around 5ft 7 (about 1.7m), completely average for the 18th and 19th century. So how did the myth come about? Perhaps it was because he was always surrounded by his imperial guards, who had to pass a height requirement.

7. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb

Edison invented a lot of things – in fact he's one of the most famous inventors of all time – but the light bulb wasn't one of them. What he did was develop a light bulb at the same time as the British man, Joseph Swan, who came up with it originally.

6. Columbus believed the earth was flat

He may not have known how big the world was, but he wasn't worrying about falling off the edge of it.

5. Different parts of the tongue detect different tastes

You do have different taste buds on your tongue and some are more sensitive than others. But they aren't divided into perfect, easy-to-teach sections.

4. Water flushes differently in different hemispheres

No it doesn't. Sorry!

3. Vikings had horns/helmets with horns

Vikings may have been buried with their helmets and with drinking horns. When they were dug up by the Victorians, they assumed that the helmets had horns.

2. Lemmings throw themselves over cliffs to commit suicide

The poor old things are sometimes so desperate for food that they do, according to the BBC "jump over high ground into water", but they aren't committing group suicide.

1. Cheese are the favorite food of mice

Mice enjoy food rich in sugar as well as peanut butter and breakfast cereals. So a Snickers bar would go down much better than a lump of cheddar.

Tron Legacy

The 28 year wait for this sequel is almost over.
2 more weeks to go!
YAY!

Monday Blues

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Quirky Fridays!

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Life Reflections

Observing the supermarket over the years, I've determined that there are 3 common checkout strategies. My local supermarket may be like yours - it usually has 8 to 10 checkouts open. If you watch carefully, you'll see people adopting 1 of 3 strategies:

The 1st is to pick the shortest line and get in it. Stick with it, no matter what.

The 2nd is to pick the shortest line and switch lines once (at a maximum) if something holds up your line - like the dumbass person who halfway through forgot that he/she wanted to get something else and decides to hold up the line while he/she runs like a headless chicken to find her stuff. More often than not, it's a she!

The 3rd is to pick the shortest line and keep scanning the other lines. Switch lines if a shorter one appears. Continue this process until you leave the store.

The problem with the 3rd strategy is obvious. Every time you switch lines, you're starting over. In your search for a quick fix, you almost certainly waste time and you definitely waste energy jumping back and forth.

There are queues everywhere. Do you jump from one to another and every time you hit an obstacle, you switch to a new, easier better opportunity? While that might work, you're never going to get anywhere, because you can't make up your mind and you keep switching lines, never able to really run for it.

Similarly, with work, while starting up is thrilling, it's not until you get through a difficult period that your efforts pay off. The sad news is that when you start over, you get very little credit for how long you stood in line with your last great venture.

If it takes 10 impressions to make an impact, and you've delivered 8, that switch is going to cost you a lot of time and money.

So the moral of the story is, choose wisely, logically and with a huge amount of common sense, stick to it till the end and you will make it through to the end.

But if all else fails...cheat!

Lambe Alabakovski - Ljubovta Mi Treba

Lambe Alabakovski is an amazing Macedonian singer,
his vocal power is WOW!
I love this song, it may be short,
but listen to the saxophone
and the beats, very R & B.
Pay attention to him, he's famous!

BTW, Ljubovta Mi Treba translated from Macedonia is I Need The Love.

Good News Bad News

Over the course of the past year or so, the following TV series has kept me at the edge of my seat, well, maybe some more than others. It has come to the point where, some of them have excellent stories, and some of them are so bad, you even wonder how they managed to secure an entire season of crappiness!

Well, here at last are the updates on whether or not some the TV series will be picked up for yet another season and well, I am rather happy with the results...

TV Series Renewed For Another Season,
All good and worthwhile following!



TV Series That Has Been CANCELLED,
probably due to poor ratings or
terrible plots over the past year (YAY!!)

I was a little disappointed with FlashForward being cancelled, it showed premise, but then again, how long can a series featuring flash-forwards carry on? If Lost is wrapping up the series, then I don't see why TV needs another different version of Lost on the airwaves!

Heroes was long-expected to be cancelled, the ratings for this series has been plummetting since mid-way through season 3, after all the original heroes lost their powers. I was all for it to be cancelled by then, as the plots were full of holes and confusing, with all the jumping back and forth in the timelines, I got super headaches! I'm really not sorry that Heroes got cancelled, in fact, I'm rather delighted that it will be gone!

10 Popular Sleep Myths

Here are some sleep myths that are used by parents to get you away from TV, movies, music, computer games etc etc etc...

Recognize them and avoid them, know what is fact and what is myth, even half-myths!

1. Everyone Needs Eight Hours Of Sleep A Night (Myth)
2. Some People Are Fine With Only a Few Hours of Sleep (Unclear)
3. People Need Less Sleep With Age (Myth)
4. Naps Can Help You Catch Up With Sleep (Fact)
5. If You Don't Sleep Enough You Can Catch Up by Sleeping Late on the Weekend (Fact)
6. Exercise Before Bed Can Help You Sleep (It Depends)
7. Sex Before Bed Will Keep You Awake (It Depends)
8. A Big Meal Before Bed Will Trigger Nightmares (Myth)
9. If You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night, Warm Milk Will Help You Go Back to Sleep (Possibly)
10. Bad Dreams Can Kill You in Your sleep by Causing a Heart Attack (Myth Based On A Fact)