After talking about the peanut study (which suggested that peanuts in a bar were tested and x amount of strains of urine were found) in one of our lectures i decided that i would simply follow up whether or not it was true or not.
What i came across was the blatant truth that No peanut bar study has ever been conducted. It does make me wonder where on earth people come up with these crazy 'made-up' studies just to prove a point about washing hands! I mean the truth is that a 'myth' is simply a massive lie that many of us believe.
However on the contrary i came across a study that was conducted on Ice Cubes in bars. It was found in 2003 that 44% of ice cubes in UK bars contained Coliform. Which is the bacteria present in human poo... nice eh? and amazingly 5% contained E.Coli (which is deadly).
Come to think of it i also failed to find any truth behind the idea that masturbation could cause blindness by stressing the veins in the back of your eyes. All i managed to find was that semen contains a lot of zinc, and Zinc defeciency can cause blindness. However... to get that far one would most likely DIE long before actually expelling enough Zinc.
Anyway,
See the rest of the list on 10 facts that are not true HERE
and for more old wives tales that are false see HERE
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