Is it true that one human year is equal to seven dog years? Do sunflowers really track the sun across the sky? Does the Brontosaurus even exist?
The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.Hank Green answers those questions and more in a quick-fire video that empties “your brain of 50 common misconceptions, myths, rumors, and old wives tales about science” in under eight minutes.
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