ÿÿ 00ÿÿ 00ÿ01ÿ03ÿ 01Thirteen Popular Mistakes in History and Scienceÿ 00
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ÿÿ02ÿOnly Illiterates Sign with a Crossÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01Contrary to popular belief, also educated people signed with a simple cross back in time. A witness completed the full name of the "cross-maker" on the left or right side. In the 16th century this method was changed because it was seen as a misuse of the holy symbol of the Christ.
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ÿÿ02ÿMagellan was the First Person to Sail over the Worldÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The Portuguese made two sea trips! The first led from West to East until he reached India. Some years later he crossed the Atlantic and the Pacific from East to West to reach the Philippines. Only the sum of these two trips can be seen as a world sailing.
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ÿÿ02ÿVampires Love Bloodÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The bats known as vampires hate blood. They live from insects and fruits like the other 30 species of bats living in Europe. Only in the tropic regions of south America lives a species which doesn't exceeds the size of 7 cm and bites with its big incisors through the skin and sucks the blood. But this species is not called "vampires".
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ÿÿ02ÿThe Most Popular Festival of 1969 Took Place in Woodstockÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01Bethel was the town where the big festival took place. The village Woodstock is situated around 100 km away from this place. But "Bethel" was not such a fitting name for the record - so they chose "Woodstock" instead.
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ÿÿ02ÿEva Took an Appleÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The word apple is not mentioned in the bible. Is was probably the fig which they have eaten. The popular thing with the apple came trough the myths of the Celts and Greek to us because in this regions this fruit was a symbol of love and fertility.
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ÿÿ02ÿBagpipes are Typical Scottish Instrumentsÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01In Persia, China and Rome was this instrument in use as the Scottish highlands were still empty. In the middle ages the French knew this instrument as "cornemuse". It was probably Caesar who brought the bagpipes to England and Scotland.
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ÿÿ02ÿVenezia is the City of the Bridgesÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01Statistics show us the amount of only 398 bridges in this known Italian city. Amsterdam has 1281 and Berlin has 1662 bridges! The European town with the most bridges is Hamburg (2123).
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ÿÿ02ÿElefants Fear Miceÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01Elefants are frightened if something crunches below them. But an experiment of the famous Professor Grzimek showed no fear of the big gray animals. They brought their trunks over the mice and later on they simply stepped on them.
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ÿÿ02ÿSpaghetti is an Italian Inventionÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01Definitely wrong. The famous noodles became popular in Italia in the 13th century. It is possible that Marco Polo brought this food from China to his home country.
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ÿÿ02ÿBlack Clothes after the Death of a Family Member is a Symbol of Mourningÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01A good message for all Wavers and Gothics out there. The black clothes got popular as camouflage. The family members feared the pursuit from the ghosts. The black outfit was worn not to show sorrow, but to protect the own soul.
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ÿÿ02ÿHippokrate Invented the Oath of Medicineÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The famous doctor died 337 BC without inventing such an oath. It first came out 200 years later and was called the "Oath of Hippokrate" to increase his importance.
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ÿ02ÿGold can Only be Found in Gold Minesÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The most gold is situated in the water! In the oceans more than nine million ton gold swims around. This is 20.000 percent of what can be dug out of all known mines. (Now we can understand why Puh likes to dive)
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ÿÿ02ÿIt Rains Quite a Lot in Londonÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The British capital is with 590 mm one of the dry cities in Europe. In sunny Italia towns like Rome (760 mm) and Genua (1100 mm) get much more rain over the year. The legend arose because in most cities it rains only in spring and autumn - in London very balanced over the whole year.

The Oepir Risti staff wishes to add what seems to be held as a common misunderstanding:
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ÿÿ02ÿOepir Risti Does not Accept Articles Written by Others than Themselvesÿÿ 00
ÿÿ01The fact that nobody sends us articles has got nothing whatsoever to do with our not accepting those articles. True, though, that it is hard to publish other people's aricles when you don't have those other people's articles in the first place.
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