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True or False: Science Myths Dispelled
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Bras cause cancer? Waking a sleepwalker is fatal? Here are some of the more common science myths that might be fictitious.
| | You have to have all 10 toes to walk FALSE - Walking with nine toes is less efficient, slower and shorter, but is still as effective as walking with 10 toes. |
| | Underwire bras can cause cancer FALSE - The bra-caused breast cancer theory is not supported by sufficient evidence. Commonly accepted breast cancer risk factors are generally things that affect endogenous hormone levels. |
| | Waking a sleepwalker may kill them FALSE - The chances of killing a sleepwalker due to the shock of sudden awakening, however, is about as likely as somebody expiring from a dream about dying. |
| | A cockroach can live with out its head TRUE - Headless cockroaches are capable of living for weeks. And it is not just the body that can survive decapitation; the lonely head can thrive, too, waving its antennae back and forth for several hours until it runs out of steam. |
| | Chocolate is poisonous to dogs TRUE - Chocolate's danger to dogs depends on its quantity and quality. Large dogs can usually handle a small amount of chocolate whereas the same helping could cause problems for Moose and his pint-size kin. |
| | Urinating on a jellyfish sting is an effective treatment FALSE - Although it worked for Monica on "Friends," urinating on a jellyfish sting can cause the person more pain. Urine can actually aggravate the jellyfish's stingers into releasing more venom |
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Thanks for the jellyfish info! I always assumed that was true!
Comment by: blu1224
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