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 In reality, they can indeed pierce human skin, though the tiny amount of venom they carry causes only a mild burning sensation for a few seconds.
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 In addition, there is also confusion regarding the use of the name daddy longlegs, because harvestmen (order Opiliones, which are not spiders) and crane flies (which are insects) are also known as daddy longlegs, and share (also incorrectly) the myth of being venomous.
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 They are just mildly irritating to the skin or stomach, and may sometimes cause diarrhea and vomiting if eaten.
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 According to the ASPCA, poinsettias may cause light to mid-range gastrointestinal discomfort in felines, with diarrhea and vomiting as the most severe consequences of ingestion.
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 The flight mechanism and aerodynamics of the bumblebee (as well as other insects) are actually quite well understood, in spite of the legend that calculations show that they should not be able to fly.
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 In the 1930s a German scientist, using flawed techniques, postulated that bumblebees theoretically should not be able to fly, although he later retracted the suggestion.
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 The myth that sharks do not get cancer was spread by the 1992 book Sharks don't get cancer by I. William Lane.
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 Reports of carcinomas in sharks exist, and current data do not allow any speculation about the incidence of tumors in sharks.
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 It is not harmful to baby birds to pick them up and return them to their nests, despite the common belief that doing so will cause the mother to reject them.
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 It is not the color of the cape that angers the bull, but rather the movement of the fabric that irritates the bull and incites it to charge.
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 While theory in colloquial usage may denote a hunch or conjecture, a scientific theory is a set of principles that explains observable phenomena in natural terms. "
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 Scientific fact and theory are not categorically separable", and evolution is a theory in the same way as gravitation, or plate tectonics are theories.
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 Humans are part of the Hominidae (great ape) family, that also includes chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
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 The common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, which lived between 6 and 8 million years ago, evolved into two lineages.
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 Evolution is not a progression from inferior to superior organisms, because the words inferior and superior are undefined value judgements.
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 Evolution also does not necessarily result in the evolution of complexity, though overall it has done so.
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 According to the California Academy of Sciences, only 59% of U.S. adults know humans and dinosaurs did not coexist.
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 However, the last of the non-avian dinosaurs died 65.5 million years ago, after the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, whereas the earliest Homo Genus (humans) evolved between 2.3 and 2.4 million years ago.
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 For example, an incorrect way to describe giraffe evolution is to say that giraffe necks grew longer over time because they needed to reach tall trees.
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 A mutation resulting in longer necks would be more likely to benefit an animal in an area with tall trees than an area with short trees, and thus enhance the chance of the animal surviving to pass on its longer-necked genes.
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 Tall trees could not cause the mutation nor would they cause a higher percentage of animals to be born with longer necks.
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 The idea would be that long necks evolved as a secondary sexual characteristic, giving males an advantage in "necking" contests over females.
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 The line leading to mammals (Synapsids) diverged from the line leading to reptiles (Sauropsids) about 320 million years ago, in the mid Carboniferous period.
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 Under Linnaean taxonomy reptiles are all amniotes except mammals and birds, thus including the synapsids as well as the first basal amniotes.
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 With the rise of classification based on phylogeny, the Sauropsida excludes basal amniotes and the synapsid line.
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 An example is Dimetrodon, which is often thought of as a dinosaur, but is in fact neither a dinosaur nor closely related to modern reptiles.
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 Glass is not a high-viscosity liquid at room temperature: it is an amorphous solid, although it does have some chemical properties normally associated with liquids.
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 Panes of stained glass windows often have thicker glass at the bottom than at the top, and this has been cited as an example of the slow flow of glass over centuries.
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 However, this unevenness is due to the window manufacturing processes used in earlier eras, which produced glass panes that were unevenly thick at the time of their installation.
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 Normally the thick end of glass would be installed at the bottom of the frame, but it is also common to find old windows where the thicker end has been installed to the sides or the top.
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 In fact, the lead frames of the windows are less viscous than the panes, and if glass was indeed a slow moving liquid, the panes would warp at a higher degree.
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 In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).
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 Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels.
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 This belief is based on the fact that hair which has never been cut has a tapered end, whereas after cutting there is no taper.
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 The fact that shorter hairs are "harder" (less flexible) than longer hairs also contributes to this effect.
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 Rather, the skin dries and shrinks away from the bases of hairs and nails, giving the appearance of growth.
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 They can prevent damage from occurring in the first place, and they can also smooth down the cuticle in a glue-like fashion so that it appears repaired, and generally make hair appear in better condition.
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 In August 2007, many news organizations reported that redheads would become extinct, possibly as early as 2060, due to the gene for red hair being recessive.
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 Although redheads may become more rare, they will not die out unless everyone who carries the gene dies or fails to reproduce.
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 Consuming things that contain water (e.g. juice, tea, milk, fruits or vegetables) also keeps a person hydrated.
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 The mild diuretic effect of caffeine is offset by the large amount of water in the caffeinated beverage.
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 Double-blind trials have shown no difference in behavior between children given sugar-full or sugar-free diets, even in studies specifically looking at children with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or those considered sensitive to sugar.
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 The reason that alcoholic drinks create the sensation of warmth is that they cause blood vessels to dilate and stimulate nerve endings near the surface of the skin with an influx of warm blood.
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 This can actually result in making the core body temperature lower, as it allows for easier heat exchange with a cold external environment.
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 Alcohol can however lead indirectly to the death of brain cells in two ways:  (1) In chronic, heavy alcohol users whose brains have adapted to the effects of alcohol, abrupt cessation following heavy use can cause excitotoxicity leading to cellular death in multiple areas of the brain.
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 (2) In alcoholics who get most of their daily calories from alcohol, a deficiency of thiamine can produce Korsakoff's syndrome, which is associated with serious brain damage.
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 In fact, typical protein intakes of ovo-lacto vegetarians, and of vegans, meet and exceed requirements.
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 In reality, this has not been measured, and as far as researchers can tell, this statistic greatly exaggerates the frequency of sexual thoughts.
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 Another popular myth is that having sex in the days leading up to a sporting event or contest is detrimental to performance.
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 Additionally, it has been demonstrated that sex during the 24 hours prior to sports activity can elevate the levels of testosterone in males, which potentially could enhance their performance.
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 Mental abilities are not absolutely separated into the left and right cerebral hemispheres of the brain.
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 Some mental functions, such as speech and language, tend to activate one hemisphere of the brain more than the other.
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 If one hemisphere is damaged at a very early age, however, these functions can often be recovered in part or even in full by the other hemisphere (see neuroplasticity).
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 Other abilities such as motor control, memory, and general reasoning are served equally by the two hemispheres.
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 Until very recently medical experts believed that humans were born with all of the brain cells they would ever have.
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 Some studies have suggested that post-natal neurogenesis also occurs in the neocortex, an idea that is disputed.
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 While it is true that a small minority of neurons in the brain are actively firing at any one time, the inactive neurons are important too.
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 This myth has been commonplace in American culture at least as far back as the start of the 20th century, and was attributed to William James, who apparently used the expression metaphorically.
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 Some findings of brain science (such as the high ratio of glial cells to neurons) have been mistakenly read as providing support for the myth.
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 Although fraudulent research by Andrew Wakefield claimed a connection, repeated attempts to reproduce the results ended in failure, and the research was ultimately shown to have been manipulated.
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 While it is true that a person may be confused or disoriented for a short time after awakening, this does not cause them further harm.
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 In contrast, sleepwalkers may injure themselves if they trip over objects or lose their balance while sleepwalking.
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 Although it is commonly believed that most body heat is lost through a person's head, heat loss through the head is not more significant than other parts of the body when naked.
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 This may be a generalization of situations in which it is true, such as when the head is the only uncovered part of the body.
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 Eating less than an hour before swimming does not increase the risk of experiencing muscle cramps or drowning.
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 One study shows a correlation between alcohol consumption and drowning, but there is no evidence cited regarding stomach cramps or the consumption of food.
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 Raising the arms and vocalising are even usually impossible due to the instinctive drowning response.
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 Waving and yelling (known as "aquatic distress") is a sign of trouble, but not a dependable one: most victims demonstrating the instinctive drowning response do not show prior evidence of distress.
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 It is a common misconception that hydrogen peroxide is a disinfectant or antiseptic for treating wounds.
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 While it is an effective cleaning agent, hydrogen peroxide is not an effective agent for reducing bacterial infection of wounds.
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 Further, hydrogen peroxide applied to wounds can impede healing and lead to scarring because it destroys newly formed skin cells.
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 Contrary to a widespread perception, the real number 0.999...—where the decimal point is followed by an infinite sequence of nines—is exactly equal to 1.
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 For example, when a roulette ball ended up on black 26 times in a row, and not even once on red,), the other outcome is often believed to be more likely for the next trial: it is thought to be "due".
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 This misconception is known as the gambler's fallacy; in reality, by the definition of statistical independence, that outcome is just as likely or unlikely on the next trial as always—a property sometimes informally described by the phrase, "the system has no memory".
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 The original problem is as follows: on a game show, there are three closed doors, one hiding a car and each of the other two doors concealing a goat.
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 The door remains closed while the host, knowing where the car is hidden, proceeds to reveal a goat behind one of the remaining doors, and then offers the contestant a chance to switch his or her initial choice of door to the other closed door.
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 The correct answer is that the contestant should switch, as it doubles the chances of winning the car.
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 The Coriolis effect does not determine the direction that water rotates in a bathtub drain or a flushing toilet.
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 The Coriolis effect caused by the Earth's daily rotation is too small to affect the direction of water in a typical bathtub drain.
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 The effect becomes significant and noticeable only at large scales, such as in weather systems or oceanic currents.
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 In addition, most toilets in the United States inject water into the bowl at an angle, causing a spin too fast to be significantly affected by the Coriolis effect.
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 Although gyroscopic forces are a factor, the stability of a bicycle is determined primarily by inertia, steering geometry, and the rider's ability to counteract tilting by steering.
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 This misconception is widespread among textbooks and non-technical reference books, and even appears in pilot training materials.
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 In fact the air moving over the top of an airfoil generating lift is always moving much faster than the equal transit theory would imply, as described in the incorrect and correct explanations of lift force.
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 The idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice is one of the oldest and most well-known superstitions about lightning.
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 There is no reason that lightning would not be able to strike the same place twice; if there is a thunderstorm in a given area, then objects and places which are more prominent or conductive (and therefore minimize distance) are more likely to be struck.
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 For instance, lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City about 100 times per year.
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 The terminal velocity of a falling penny is about 30–50 miles per hour, and the penny will not exceed that speed regardless of the height from which it is dropped.
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 At that speed, its energy is not enough to penetrate a human skull or crack concrete, as demonstrated on an episode of Mythbusters.
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 It is a common misconception that the color of water in large bodies, such as the oceans, is blue due to the reflections from the sky on its surface.
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 Reflection of light off the surface of water only contributes significantly when the water surface is extremely still, i.e., mirror-like, and the angle of incidence is high, as water's reflectivity rapidly approaches near total reflection under these circumstances, as governed by the Fresnel equations.
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 While relatively small quantities of water are observed by humans to be colorless, pure water has a slight blue color that becomes a deeper blue as the thickness of the observed sample increases.
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 The blue tint of water is an intrinsic property and is caused by selective absorption and scattering of white light.
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 Photographic or eidetic memory refers to the ability to remember images with extremely high precision—so high as to mimic a camera.
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 However, it is highly unlikely that photographic memory exists, as to date there is no hard scientific evidence that anyone has ever had it.
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 Many people have claimed to have a photographic memory, but those people have been shown to have good memories as a result of mnemonic devices rather than a natural capacity for detailed memory encoding.
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 There are rare cases of individuals with exceptional memory, but none of them has a memory that mimics a camera.
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 Schizophrenia is not the same thing as Dissociative identity disorder, namely split or multiple personalities.
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 Etymologically, the term "schizophrenia" comes from the Greek roots skhizein (σχίζειν, "to split") and phrēn, phren- (φρήν, φρεν-; "mind") and is a word proposed by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler.
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 The forbidden fruit mentioned in the Book of Genesis is commonly assumed to be an apple, and is widely depicted as such in Western art, although the Bible does not identify what type of fruit it is.
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 German and French artists commonly depict the fruit as an apple from the 12th century onwards, and John Milton's Areopagitica from 1644 explicitly mentions the fruit as an apple.
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 Nowhere in the Old Testament or the New Testament is Satan described as dwelling in or ruling over hell.
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 This myth has been proliferated by movies such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Unlikely Angel (1996).
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 In Chinese Buddhist culture, Budai came to be revered as an incarnation of Maitreya, the Bodhisattva who will become a Buddha to restore Buddhism after the teachings of the historical Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, have died.
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 In early Buddhism, Siddhārtha Gautama possessed no salvific properties and strongly encouraged "self-reliance, self discipline and individual striving."
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 However, in later developments of Mahāyāna Buddhism, notably in the Pure Land (Jìngtǔ) school of Chinese Buddhism, the Amitābha Buddha was thought to be a savior.
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 Although in Pure Land Buddhism the Buddha is considered a savior, he is still not considered a god in the common understanding of the term.
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 Nowhere in the Bible does it say exactly three magi came to visit the baby Jesus, nor that they were kings, rode on camels, or that their names were Casper, Melchior and Balthazar.
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 Three magi are supposed because three gifts are described, and artistic depictions almost always show three magi.
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 Also, the wise men in the actual biblical narrative did not visit on the day Jesus was born, but saw Jesus as a child, in a house as many as two years afterwards ().
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 The Immaculate Conception is not synonymous with the virgin birth of Jesus, nor is it a supposed belief in the virgin birth of Mary, his mother.
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 Rather, the Immaculate Conception is the Roman Catholic belief that Mary was not subject to original sin from the first moment of her existence, when she was conceived.
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 The confusion stems from a misunderstanding of the term "immaculate," which means "without stain" (i.e. sinless).
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 The concept of the virgin birth, on the other hand, is the belief that Mary miraculously conceived Jesus while remaining a virgin.
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 The doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary is not supported by canonical scripture, first appearing c.145 AD in the Gospel of James written several decades after the canonical ones.
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 The Gospel of Matthew (1:24) implies that Mary and Joseph did indeed consummate a marriage after Jesus's birth, both Matthew (13:55) and the Gospel of Mark (6:3) indicate that Jesus had among his family four brothers (Joses, James, Jude and Simon) and an unspecified number of sisters.
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 The Gospel of John makes reference to an unidentified number of Jesus's "brothers" associated with Mary and separate from his disciples.
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 Nevertheless, the doctrine was held as truth by virtually all Christian authorities until the twentieth century, and remains a central tenet of the Roman Catholic Church.
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 Catholic dogma does state that a teaching based on divine revelation stated by the pope is free from error.
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 This does not mean that the pope or everything he says is free from error, even when speaking in his official capacity.
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 The popular misconception that the word means a death sentence probably stems from the fatwā issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in 1989 regarding the author Salman Rushdie, whom he stated had earned a death sentence for blasphemy.
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 While there is such a thing as "jihad bil saif", or jihad "by the sword", many modern Islamic scholars usually say that it implies an effort or struggle of a spiritual kind.
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 Scholar Louay Safi asserts that "misconceptions and misunderstandings regarding the nature of war and peace in Islam are widespread in both the Muslim societies and the West", as much following 9/11 as before.
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 George Washington Carver did not invent peanut butter, though he reputedly discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more for soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes.
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 Crapper, however, did much to increase its popularity and came up with some related inventions, such as the ballcock mechanism used to fill toilet tanks.
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 He did, however, develop the first practical light bulb in 1880 (employing a carbonized bamboo filament), shortly before Joseph Swan, who invented an even more efficient bulb in 1881 (which used a cellulose filament).
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 He did help to develop the assembly line substantially, sometimes through his own engineering but more often through sponsoring the work of his employees.
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 Karl Benz is credited with the invention of the first modern automobile, and the assembly line was invented before, several times.
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 Guglielmo Marconi did not invent radio, but only modernized it for public broadcasting and communication.