Myth: Taking your vitamins will keep you healthy.
Reality: Vitamins sound like a great idea: One pill that can provide you everything you need to be healthy! If only… more
Myth: You need to wait an hour after eating to swim or you can cramp and drown.
Reality: Many sources say there are no documented cases of anyone ever drowning because they’ve had a cramp related to… more
Myth: Humans have 100 billion brain cells.
Reality: In 2009, scientists found that you actually have more like 86 billion brain cells. It’s tempting to round up, but this… more
Myth: Drugs make “holes” in your brain.
Reality: That doesn’t mean drugs are good for your brain. Many drugs (illicit and otherwise) can significantly alter your brain’s structure… more
Myth: Shaving makes your hair grow back thicker.
Reality: Shaving your hair doesn’t make it thicker, it just makes it feel coarser for a time. That’s because the ends… more
Myth: Your microwave can give you cancer and disrupt your pacemaker.
Reality: Microwave radiation won’t cause cancer; it just heats food up. Only a few types of radiation cause cancer and… more
Myth: The bigger your brain is, the smarter you are.
Reality: Sperm whales have the largest brain of all animals — significantly larger than a human’s — but they aren’t… more
Myth: Left-brained” people are creative. “Right-brained” people are analytical.
Reality: It’s true that different hemispheres of your brain are more engaged in certain tasks (the left side is dominant in… more
Myth: Humans can’t grow new brain cells.
Reality: You are not born with all of the brain cells you will ever have. There is plenty of evidence that the… more