Comments on: 10 More Myths Debunked

By: John son of John

John son of John — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:17:38 +0000

Caffeine In coffee though can cause some minimal brain loss as found in a recent scientific study.

By: Ronk

Ronk — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:03:22 +0000

Shakespeare did not “invent” the vast majority of the words he is claimed to have invented. What is true is merely that the oldest known existing written record of tehse words is found in the collected text of Shakespeare’s works. (not surprising since they are a huge amount of text and at that time was probably the largest yet printed work which was not about a religious, philosophical or scientific subject and that the subject matter of teh palys covers a very wide range of human experiences.)

The vast majority of tehse words would have been in use earlier. in some cases for centuries before shakespeare. people would not flock to see and appreciate a play which was chock-full of words that they had never heard of and could not understand.

By: Ronk

Ronk — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:51:32 +0000

” Shakespeare … did, however, devise first name uses for quite a few words, including Viola, Jessica, and Adrian. The first is Latin, the second Hebrew, the third Greek.”

Nonsense! Adria or Hadria (ancient Romans, except the highly educated, just like mdoern Italians, never pronounced “H” ) is an ancient town at the head of the Adriatic Sea, which is named after it. A person from there was called “(H)adrian” such as the ancient Roman emperor who built Hadrian’s Wall. So the name Adrian is not Greek and was invented at least 2000 years before Shakespeare was born.

By: petokerole

petokerole — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:47:58 +0000

Name

By: Bucketheadrocks

Bucketheadrocks — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:40:56 +0000

Anybody else notice that the Satan on #9 is from Doctor Who?

By: tryecrot

tryecrot — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:29:32 +0000

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By: vic

vic — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:57:11 +0000

Tornado Myths
There is actaully cam footage of people who survived by hiding under an overpass. You see all sorts of things being whipped up by the wind, everyone onder the overpass remains safe. Regularly shown on those disaster shows.

By: Manchez

Manchez — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:55:16 +0000

The Absinthe entry is incorrect.

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:42:41 +0000

gravitas actually means grave or bad in latin

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:47:43 +0000

best way to deal with anger is neutralize it, not bottle it up. Bottling it up leads to ridiculous outbursts over petty matters. What you should do is think about why you are angry and why it's not worth the stress. Studies have shown that most anger comes from unreasonable expectations, or not expecting something to happen when really you should. Like people who get roadrage because someone cut them off, for example. Some people are bad drivers, and you will get cut off sometimes when you drive. Expect it to happen, and you won't get mad when it does.