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Free Paper Toys From The Toymaker! Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures. List of common misconceptions. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive.

List of common misconceptions

This list corrects erroneous beliefs that are currently widely held about notable topics. Each misconception and the corresponding facts have been discussed in published literature. Note that each entry is formatted as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. Arts and culture Food and cooking Roll-style Western sushi. Searing meat does not "seal in" moisture, and in fact may actually cause meat to lose moisture. Legislation and crime Literature The Harry Potter books, though they have broken children's book publishing records, have not led to an increase in reading among children or adults, nor slowed the ongoing overall decline in book purchases by Americans, and children who did read the Harry Potter books were not more likely to go on to read more outside of the fantasy and mystery genres.[21][22][23][24] Music Religion Hebrew Bible Buddhism Christianity Islam Sports.

Mental_floss Blog » 6 Animals That Show Mother Nature’s Sense of Humor. You've heard jokes like these all your life: What do you get if you cross an octopus with a cow? An animal that can milk itself. I didn't find such an animal, but the world has plenty of strange species that at first glance appear to be hybrids of unrelated species because they have attributes that surprise us.

However, we are only surprised because our personal experiences don't encompass all that nature offers. 1. Turtle + Hedgehog = Armadillo Rudyard Kipling wrote the story The Beginning of the Armadillos, in which the animal came from a tortoise and a hedgehog. Here in the real world, armadillos are related to both sloths and anteaters and are native to Latin America except for the nine-banded armadillo we see in the US. 2.

The okapi (Okapia johnstoni) appears to be a short giraffe with a zebra's legs tacked on as an afterthought. 3. The pangolin is also known as the spiny anteater. 4. Fruit bats encompass several species and are also called megabats or flying foxes. 5. 6. For those who want to know: Reliable information on health, energy, media, war, elections, 9/11, more. Girl coming to stay with me - Page 14. Untitled Document. Showcase » Psychedelic Lighting Workshop 1997 » Liquids Create a Liquid Light Show Background: Perfected by such firms as Headlights, the Holy See, and the North American Ibis Alchemical Co. for the Family Dog's shows in San Francisco, the liquid oil projection or "wet show" is a central image of psychedelia.

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Numerous examples of this projection technique can be seen in film, video, and photographs from events at the Filmore and Avalon in San Francisco, as well as at music festivals such as Monteray Pop. News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids.