For centuries, ________________________ (think) that tomatoes were poisonous, so people in Europe grew them only for decoration., TRUE(For a long time, Europeans thought tomatoes were poisonous. In reality, aristocrats were getting lead poisoning because the acid from the tomatoes reacted with their pewter plates), Recently, ________________________ (report) by biologists that crows can remember human faces., TRUE (Studies show crows remember faces for years)., ________________________ (believe) that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space., FALSE (The wall is too narrow and blends with nature; it cannot be seen from orbit with the naked eye)., For the past few years, ________________________ (claim) by health experts that looking at your phone in darkness before sleep is actually good for your eyes., FALSE (Blue light in the dark strains eyes and disrupts sleep)., In 1912, right before the Titanic sailed, ________________________ (report) by the ship’s owners that the vessel was 100% unsinkable., FALSE (The owners never officially claimed it was 100% unsinkable; the press hyped it after the crash)., ________________________ (know) that bananas grow on trees, not on bushes., FALSE (Bananas grow on giant herbs, not trees, and are botanically berries)., This year, ________________________ (expect) by tech experts that the first fully commercial flying car will go on mass sale by the end of the year., FALSE (Prototypes exist, but aviation laws prevent mass market sales anytime soon)., In the 19th century, ________________________ (claim) by some doctors that smoking cigarettes was good for digestion and helped with asthma., TRUE (In the 19th and early 20th centuries, tobacco was advertised as a remedy for throat and lung issues)., ________________________ (think) by scientists that sharks have been on Earth longer than trees and dinosaurs., TRUE (Sharks appeared ~400–450 million years ago; trees evolved ~350 million years ago)., Lately, ________________________ (know) that some deep-sea creatures can live for over 400 years, like the Greenland shark., TRUE (Greenland sharks can live between 300 and 500 years).

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