13 myths about the world, that we believe in since high school

There are many "facts" that we have a child take for granted, and we were even in the head does not come to doubt, and it is in reality. < Website publishes the myths and facts about our planet that will take a look at our wonderful world in a new way and once again wonder how much of it the whole extraordinary

Myth:. < / Mount Everest - the highest mountain on the planet
fact:. Technically, the highest mountain - Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Her height - 10203 m, but most of the mountain is hidden under water

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Pomalu.ru Myth: Wall - the only man-made object that is visible from space with the naked eye
Fact: Do not see.. For this Wall of China is too narrow - just 6 meters wide

Myth:. The largest desert in the world - the Sahara
Fact:. The biggest desert - Antarctica. Its area - nearly 870,000 square kilometers, and precipitation in some areas it was not about two million years

Myth:. The famous Big Ben in London - the same clock tower <. br> fact: Big Ben - the bell in the tower that beats time. The tower is called St. Stephen.



Decorbells.ru Myth: Clouds weightless
Fact:. The clouds consist of tiny water droplets, the total weight of which reaches 500 tons

. Myth: Lightning never strikes twice in one place
fact:. beats. For example, in spire of the Empire State Building Lightning strikes an average of 25 times a year

Myth: The highest waterfall in the world - Angel Falls in Venezuela
Fact.. : The highest waterfall is located on the bottom of the Denmark Strait, the water, and not called. Its height - 3505 m. Yes, there are waterfalls in oceans, rivers and lakes, but they are difficult to photograph.

< However, one Russian photographer still managed to capture the underwater river.

Myth: water conducts electricity
fact:. The current carries no water itself, and dissolved minerals in it. Distilled water does not conduct electricity

Myth:. The diamond can not be destroyed
Fact:. «Light" hammer blow will make one large diamond is much smaller.



School of Life Myth: All trees extract water by roots
Fact:. In the African Namib pustnye growing Welwitschia amazing, leaves that feed the root of water
Myth: UK - the most rainy country in Europe
fact:. in London, 500 mm of precipitation falls annually in Rome - 760, Milan - 1000, and in Genoa - 1100. But in Italy it rains mostly in the fall and winter, and in the UK - evenly throughout the year

Myth: Nile - the longest river in the world
.. fact: Amazon longer than the Nile to 400 kilometers, its length - 7100 km

Myth: The most salty lake in the world - the Dead sea
<.. fact: Most salty lake - Don Juan in the Dry valleys of Antarctica. The water there is so salty that it does not freeze despite the temperature of -50 degrees Celsius.

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