5 More Lies Your Teacher Taught You
03/04/20 • 37 min
This week, we explore, "5 more lies your teacher taught you." We've talked about how there's more than 5 sense, how people didn't think the world was flat. Now it's time to tackle tongue maps, the myth that Einstein failed math, and more!
Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you've never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So join us every Wednesday for another fun filled learn!
If you've got a strange question you want answered ask us on Facebook, tweet us @StrangerStill, or drop us an email at [email protected]
Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/11/was-albert-einstein-really-a-bad-student-who-failed-math/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/do-carrots-actually-improve-your-eyesight_b_57e3f6c0e4b05d3737be5659 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXoYippog8 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/neat-and-tidy-map-tastes-tongue-you-learned-school-all-wrong-180963407/ https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-lightning.htm https://www.britannica.com/story/can-lightning-strike-the-same-place-twice https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancerinformation/cancertypes/brain/aboutbraintumours/thebrain.aspx https://mayfieldclinic.com/pe-anatbrain.htm https://www.healthline.com/health/left-brain-vs-right-brain#left-brainright-brain-theory https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071275
This week, we explore, "5 more lies your teacher taught you." We've talked about how there's more than 5 sense, how people didn't think the world was flat. Now it's time to tackle tongue maps, the myth that Einstein failed math, and more!
Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you've never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So join us every Wednesday for another fun filled learn!
If you've got a strange question you want answered ask us on Facebook, tweet us @StrangerStill, or drop us an email at [email protected]
Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/11/was-albert-einstein-really-a-bad-student-who-failed-math/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/do-carrots-actually-improve-your-eyesight_b_57e3f6c0e4b05d3737be5659 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXoYippog8 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/neat-and-tidy-map-tastes-tongue-you-learned-school-all-wrong-180963407/ https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-lightning.htm https://www.britannica.com/story/can-lightning-strike-the-same-place-twice https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancerinformation/cancertypes/brain/aboutbraintumours/thebrain.aspx https://mayfieldclinic.com/pe-anatbrain.htm https://www.healthline.com/health/left-brain-vs-right-brain#left-brainright-brain-theory https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071275
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Sources: https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-reflexology#how-it-works https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/modern-reflexology-still-as-bogus-as-pre-modern-reflexology/ https://www.reflexology-uk.net/about-reflexology/reflexology-history https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/history-reflexology https://www.wikihow.com/Do-Reflexology https://www.naturalhealers.com/blog/reflexology-career/ http://reflexology-usa.net/6day.htm https://www.nhpcanada.org/blog/articles.html?id=69&title=What-to-Expect-From-Your-First-Reflexology-Appointment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624523/ https://anhs-school.com/foot-reflexology.html
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Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you've never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So join us every Wednesday for another fun filled learn!
If you've got a strange question you want answered ask us on Facebook, tweet us @StrangerStill, or drop us an email at [email protected]
Sources: https://www.greekboston.com/culture/mythology/fountain-of-youth/ https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/idun/ https://www.theroot.com/did-a-black-man-discover-the-fountain-of-youth-1790899464 https://www.thoughtco.com/prester-john-1435023 https://www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/fountain-of-youth/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ponce-de-leon-never-searched-for-the-fountain-of-youth-72629888/ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/11/the-quest-for-the-fountain-of-youth/
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