100 common misconceptions (Part 5: Things famous people didn't say.)

51: Paul Revere never said "The British are coming! The British are coming!" , the colonies at that time were also considered "British". He probably said "The Regulars are coming! The Regulars are coming!"

52: Obi-Wan Kenobie never says "May the force be with you" Hans Solo says that".

53: Sarah Palin never said "I can see Russia from my house"

54: Al Gore never said "I invented the internet"

55: Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary my dear Watson"

56: Neil Armstrong never said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". He said "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" 

57, 58 The Apollo XIII crew never said " Houston, we have a problem" nor did they say "Failure is not an option".

59: The Queen in Snow White never said "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all" She said "Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all"

60: George Washington never said "I can never tell a lie. It was I who chopped down the cherry tree".

100 Common Misconceptions (Part 4: Things you were told you when you were little)

41: You have 5 senses. No, in fact you have many more than five. This misconception stretches all the way back to 600 BC(E) with Aristotle. Although you do have five physical senses, you also have different ones, such as the sense of time, the sense of fear, the sense of weight, and many more.
42: Christopher Columbus discovered that the world was round. In fact, it was discovered by the Greeks hundreds of years before that, and it was commonly accepted around Christopher Columbus's time.
43: Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover America. No, in fact the Vikings were.
44: Your thumb is not a finger. No, actually your thumb, them same as you pinkey,  index, and pointer is also a finger.
45: A pencil's "lead" of  is not Pb, it is actually graphite.
46: Your stomach is the big muscle just below your ribs. No, your stomach is under your ribs.
47: John F. Kennedy never said "I am a jelly doughnut" He said "I am a Berliner" which is a whole different type of doughnut.
48: Sushi does not mean "raw fish" , it means sour rice.
49: The Great Wall of China is not the only man mad thing visible from space, it is not visible from space and there are many man-made things visible from space (namely Light pollution)
50: Ostriches do not hide their heads in the sand when frightened.

BANANANANANANANANAS

We all know what bananas are, and it's hard to imagine that they were exotic once, but Chiquita Bananas is the proof that they were once a novelty. This song was actually a commercial in the '40s sung by Monica Lewis. It was the first news of a banana is the west. This song arouses many questions among which are:
1: Why are bananas good for us?

1 cup (225g) bananas=
Fat 1g
No Cholesterol
Carbohydrate 51 g
Protein 2 g
Vitamins A&C
Calcium 11.3 mg
Iron 0.6 mg
Magnesium 61 mg
Phosphorus 50 mg
Potassium 806 mg
Sodium 2.3 mg

2:
Why shouldn't you put bananas in the fridge?
Well basically the skin of a banana is made up of cellular tissue. This tissue contains phenolic compounds which provides bananas with their  yellow color. Bananas ripen with the help of natural acid productions and when exposed to the cold, this acid production slows down and therefore so does the ripening; rendering the bananas nearly inedible.

The cold, whether natural or a result of refrigeration, quickly breaks down the cell walls of the banana peel. This results in cell membranes that are weak and susceptible to leaking. When the membranes weaken, the phenolic compounds mix with polyphenol oxidase. As a result of this interaction, the phelonic compounds oxidize and produce a brown compound called melanin, turning bananas completely black.