Fact or Myth?

Fact or Myth?

1. An 11-year-old invented popsicles.

2. Tornados always spin counter-clockwise.

3. Dolphins can hear sounds underwater from over 50 miles away.

4. 1 earthworm has 7 hearts.

5. 2 miles separate Alaska from Russia.

6. Someone spent $700 on a hundred-year-old chocolate bar.

7. Owls can move their eyeballs from side to side, but not up and down.

8. A sneeze flies through the air at 100 miles per hour.

9. The world’s first computer was less powerful than a calculator.

10. Some sea turtles weigh as much as water buffalos.

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Answers

1. True

2. False: Tornados often rotate in opposite directions above and below the equator.

3. False: Dolphins are aquatic mammals that can hear sounds underwater from over 15 miles away.

4. False: 1 earthworm has 5 hearts.

5. True

6. True

7. False: Owls are not able to move their eyeballs.

8. True

9. True

10. True

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