Scientific myths

While sitting outside with a can of beer in the sun today, I was thinking about the problem of misinformation on the internet. It’s the greatest learning tool ever invented, but if you use it for research you’re likely to come across a load of old guff written by people with no expertise or knowledge, but a lot of time on their hands and an urgent need to see their name on screen.
So, just for fun, I thought I’d add to the mountain of untruth by making up a few facts of my own:

If you shake a can of Heinz baked beans at just the right speed, for just the right amount of time, when you go to open it it’ll explode in your face.

90% of the fallout from the Hiroshima nuclear bomb landed on the Suffolk town of Ipswich.

Steven Spielberg died in a car crash in 1997. Because his name is worth so much money at the box office, the movie business continues to pretend he is alive and working. The worlds most powerful computer is used to generate his image for interviews, and since his death any film that features his name has actually been directed by Michael Winner.

If you lick the Queen’s face on a ten pound note she will magically grow a moustache.

The Large Hadron Collider is trying to find a more realistic flavour for Fruit Gums.

Jennifer Lopez has no kneecaps.

Any child given the middle name ‘Mitchell’ is almost guaranteed to vote Labour.

If you go without sleep for more than six days you will turn into Barry McGuigan.

Ok, it’s getting silly now. I’m off to cook a pizza.

RC 4-9-11