旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � I MYTHed That One! Page 40 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � MYTH: We've all heard the phrase 'digging one's way to China' giving us � � the believe that China is directly opposite the U.S. and one could � � dig right through the earth and end up there. This is true right? � � � � FACT: Nope, not true. Look at any globe and one thing you will notice is � � that China and the U.S. are both in the Northern Hemisphere thus � � making it impossible to dig one's way to China from the U.S. Though� � the idea does make one ask, in China do they believe they can dig � � their way to the U.S.? � � MYTH: The parachute was invented for use in an airplane. � � � � FACT: The parachute was invented long before the airplane was even thought� � about. The first parachute can be dated years before the first � � airplane and was invented in 1783. Louis Lenormand invented the � � parachute to save people's lives who jumped from burning buildings. � � In 1797 another type of parachute was designed to be used to jump � � from hot air balloons. Even in World War I parachutes were not � � used in the airplane. It was not until 1922 that the parachute was � � was first employed in an aircraft. After this, it became standard � � and required equipment to the Air Force. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸