10 things you have heard and re-told

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10 things you have heard and re-told

Do you think that some or each of these claims are true?

1. What goes up, must come down.

2. Sun is a yellow star.

3. Weightless astronauts left Earth's gravity.

4. The North Star is the brightest in the sky.

5. On a dark night you make out millions of stars.

6. Total solar eclypses are rare.

7. Days get long in the summer and short in the winter.

8. At high noon, the Sun is directly overhead.

9. Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

10. Moon comes out only at night.

Neil deGrasse Tyson gives you the answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOaaUHUnIz0

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Randomhero1982's picture
1 - In relation to gravity?
Pitar's picture
1. What goes up, must come
Nyarlathotep's picture
The problem with statement 1
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Do you know I was having
LogicFTW's picture
1: "must" is too strong a

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