50 Facts You Learned at School That Are Not Real

ELEPHANTS HAVE GRAVEYARDS

There is a common schoolhouse misconception that old elephants nearing death instinctively wander away from the herd to meet their end at the same site that their ancestors went to die. According to the BBC, “elephants clearly show interest in the remains of the dead,” but there is no instinctive homing device that draws them toward collective staging areas for death, or elephant graveyards — and also, elephants are not afraid of mice.

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