Things You Don't Necessarily Need to Know - Useless Facts

Facts you (Probably) Believe are True but aren't

261. Your tongue doesn't have regions to taste one specific flavour. Every region can taste every flavour.

262. Sugar doesn't make you hyper and the idea of getting a sugar rush is a myth. (Don't tell your parents I told you that).

263. Chameleons don't change their colour to blend in with their environment, but to communicate.

264. Not every bat is blind: Some have in fact excellent night vision and don't rely on echo-orientation at all. 

265. Life expectation in the Middle Ages wasn't as low as most people think: Most adults lived until they were 60 or older.

266. Cracking your knuckles won't lead to arthritis.

267. The Great Wall of China can't be seen from space. 

268. It is actually never stated in the Bible that the forbidden fruit is an apple. It would have rather been a fig or a pomegranate.

269. Humans don't only have 5 senses, the number actually ranges between 9 and over 20. 

270. Humans didn't evolve from apes. We just have a common ancestor.