The pterodactyl is a dinosaur. Gravity pulls things downward. A lot of these “facts” related to science are told at parties, among friends, and are even taught in school. And a lot of it is wrong. Mental Floss is here to correct those misconceptions with this video listing and correcting fifty of them.
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Did you have any of these misconceptions? What common misconceptions do you know that can be corrected?
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I'm probably guilty of all of them.
Some of those were interesting. Some were odd. Duck quacks echo louder? Never heard that. Actually, proud to say I only had a couple misconceptions!
This was one of the few video clips I've seen where the guy tried to be humorous, while talking fast, WAS humorous, and not annoying.
Great facts too. I actually knew a lot of them, and never heard of a bunch of them. I did NOT realize pterodactyls were not dinosaurs though.
A few new facts I didn't know about. Scored on all the animal ones. (And Pilot Whales are also dolphins.)
i always feel dumber, not that i am dumb… just how i don't really know stuff.