16 Things You Should Be Embarrassed Not To Know

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If you believe everything you read, you're going to need to check out these facts.

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1. Lady Godiva never rode a horse naked.

2. There's an old wives tale that says that if a woman has heartburn during her pregnancy, her baby will have a lot of hair.

3. The tilt of the Earth's axis is what causes seasons.

4. A camel's hump is actually used as fat storage. There's no water in there.

5. Dogs mouths are much cleaner than humans.

6. Most gas gauges have a arrow pointing to the side of the car that the tank is on.

7. Shaving doesn't cause hair to grow back thicker.

8. You shouldn't feed ducks bread. It can be harmful to them.

9. Antibiotics are used to treat infections, not viruses.

10. Humans have more than five senses. We can also sense pressure, temperature, thirst, hunger, time, and equilibrium.

11. Your blood is never blue, even when it's oxygenated.

12. Christopher Columbus didn't discover America. There were already people living there. His voyage brought him to the Caribbean.

13. Napoleon wasn't as short as people think. He was actually 5' 7".

14. Nothing in the Bible explicitly states that Adam & Eve ate the apple, just that it grew on the tree.

15. Einstein was actually good at math.

16. Irony and coincidence are different. Ironic situations are times when the literal definition of something is the opposite of its intended meaning.