Shaving Hair Affects Hair Color or Growth Myth
Shaving hair doesn’t affect color, or growth rate. “Live” hair follicles are under the skin; the hair that grows above the skin is dead hair.
Health and Fitness
Health refers to physical, mental, and social well-being. It’s a broad category that contains fitness and exercise, nutrition, health science, and mental health.
Different Coffee Beans Give Different Buzzes Fact
All coffee beans contain the same caffeine compound, but in different amounts. The way the caffeine buzz affects you depends on roast, bean type, and other factors.
The Tongue Is The Strongest Muscle In The Human Body Myth
Some think the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body, but it’s difficult to find any definition of “strength” that would indicate this. There is no one way to measure strength and the tongue consists of eight muscles, not one.
Vegetarianism is Worse For the Environment than Eating Meat Myth
Both animal-derived and plant-derived food production has consequences, but meat production is worse for the environment in most cases.
All Pot is the Same Myth
Cannabis (pot) is a single plant genus, but selective breeding and hybridization of the Indica and Sativa species has produced many unique strains. Strains have different amount of specific organic compounds each affecting human physiology differently.
Sleeping on a Problem Helps You Solve it Fact
Sleeping on a problem works. Studies show a positive correlation between sleep and cognitive function. Contemplating a problem and then “sleeping on it” can result in better problem solving
Calories on the Label Equal Calories Stored Myth
Calories on a label almost never equal calories stored exactly. This is part due to the labeling process, and part due to the different effects different macronutrients have on our bodies.
Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever Myth
The old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever” has truth to it, but generally you should feed a cold and a fever and starve neither.
Single Payer Means Government Run HealthCare Myth
Single payer isn’t “government run healthcare,” single payer only describes funding, not who manages the fund or how healthcare is delivered.
Money Can Buy Happiness Fact
Money can buy happiness in some ways, and cause unhappiness in others, studies have shown that different types of wealth and income affect happiness and unhappiness in a variety of ways.