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Which scientific 'fact' from your school days annoys you most now you know the truth?
Remember when teachers told us stuff with total confidence, only for it to unravel years later? Rank these classroom classics by how much they still wind you up.
Put the items in your preferred order.
A
The tongue taste map
That neat little diagram was based on a mistranslated German paper from 1901. Every taste bud detects every flavour, so we all coloured in lies with our felt tips.
B
Humans have five senses
Proprioception, balance, temperature, pain... we've got at least nine, possibly more. Yet Year 3 insisted it was strictly sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch.
C
Pluto is a planet
A generation memorised 'My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets' only for astronomers to bin poor Pluto. Rude, frankly.
D
We only use 10% of our brains
Brain scans show we use pretty much all of it, just not all at once. Sorry, you're not sitting on some secret 90% superpower reserve.
E
Diamonds are made from compressed coal
Most diamonds formed billions of years ago from carbon deep in the mantle, long before coal existed. Squeezing your barbecue briquettes will get you nowhere.
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