Top 3 Most Commonly Thought Things That Are WRONG !



1.) Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world

2.) The Earth is Round

3.) Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space


1.) Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
Its just not.. the Highest known peak in the world is Chimborazo in Ecuador (technically a dormant volcano and Glacier) it’s summit is 6384.4 km (3968 miles) from the Earth’s centre, 2.1 km farther than the summit of Everest.

2.) The Earth is round.
The fact our ancestors used to think the world was flat is often used a source of amusement and degradation, however we should not laugh to much. As our ancestors will probably laugh at us for thinking the world is round. It is not, the technical term for the shape of the earth is infact an “oblate spheroid”, and this is not just some meaningless technicality. As shown by the fact above, those objects near the equator are considerably higher than those nearer the poles. This is all caused by something called an “Equatorial bulge”. Like a ride at the fair ground or water in a bucket, the force of inertia forces moving object to the opposite direction of that moment. In the case of the earth which is spinning in a circular motion, matter is forced to the sides, counter acting the force of gravity that would naturally form a circle.

3.)Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space
He was the first man to go into space in a space ship and orbit the earth, but not the very first man to actually make it into space. That honour goes to Joe Kittinger.

Also there are accusations that the Soviets launched at least two humans into orbit prior to Gagarin, but both cosmonauts died en route or in orbit. Another is said to have landed off-course and then been held by the Chinese government. The Soviet government then supposedly suppressed this information to prevent bad publicity for their space program.

The realm of Near Space officially lies between 75,000 feet (~23km) 62.5 miles (100km) according to the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI). 200km is where it becomes safe for satellites to remain in orbit without immediately becoming dragged down by friction with the residual atmosphere

In 1960 US Air Force Captan Joseph Kittinger dived from a balloon that he had flown up to 31km altitude. He nearly reached supersonic speed before releasing his parachute. He was testing whether pilots of high altitude aircraft like the U2 spyplane could survive if they had to bail out. So he reached well within the realm of near space.