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[FACT OR FAKE #33] Energy Drinks Are Good For Your Health
The recent death of Indonesian copywriter Mita Diran serves as a reminder on the potential dangers of consuming a mixture of energy drinks and alcohol to stay awake for extended periods of time. As a result, the team at SAYS has decided to investigate the potential dangers (if any) of consuming energy drinks.
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[FACT OR FAKE #32] Does Organically Grown Food Taste Better?
According to a new study when people are told that their food is organic, they think it tastes better. What is the reason behind it? Does organic food really tastes best?
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[FACT OR FAKE #31] This Note-Passing War Between Elan Gale And Diane In A Delayed Flight
TV producer Elan Gale managed to get a lot of people chatting over their Thanksgiving dinner - and gained 170,000 followers in the process. But after leaving internet users around the world gripped over the holiday with his blow-by-blow account of a row with an apparently horrid fellow lady airplane passenger, he has revealed the truth behind hilarious exchange. What is it?
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[FACT OR FAKE #30] This Photo Of A Python Who Swallowed A Drunk Man In India
An image of a python claiming to have swallowed a drunk man in India has gone viral on Twitter. The image posted by a user based in India has been retweeted over 15,000 times and been favourited more than 4,000 times. We filter out all the fact from what's fake in this story.
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Are These Photos Of A Man In China Eating A Dead Baby's Foetus Real?
Since 2001, graphic photos of a man chewing on a dead baby's foetus has sparked rumours of cannibalism in China, not sparing sensational commentary. We filter out the facts from what's fake in this story.
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[FACT OR FAKE #28] Washing Your Hair After Giving Birth Is Not Good For Health
Women should not wash their hair for 6 weeks after they give birth, that's what they say. They also say that new mothers should always be kept warm. But why?
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[FACT OR FAKE #27] Mosquitoes Prefer Some People's Blood Over Others
There is a scientific reason behind why some people get bitten by mosquitoes more while others seem unaffected. Research shows many reasons, what are they exactly, we are here to find out in this week's Fact Or Fake.
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Eating Mangosteens After Durians Will Cool Your Body Down?
After feasting on durians, my mother used to tell me to #1, eat mangosteens and #2, gargle with salt water. I'm about to rock the boat in this Fact or Fake column and test my mother's beliefs before it gets passed down to my kids in the future. This may or may not necessarily stop me from doing #1.
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[FACT OR FAKE #25] Charging Your Phone Overnight Is Bad For Your Battery... Right?
Should you be leaving your phone plugged in overnight? Does overcharging shorten the lifespan of your battery? It's a shame to lose sleep over this, so here are the facts, filtered out from the fake.
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[FACT OR FAKE #24] The Photos In The Viral List of 35 Clearest Waters. Real Or Not?
The skeptic in us couldn't help but to question the authenticity of a recent circulating story depicting the "35 Clearest Waters In The World To Swim In Before You Die." Are they really as clear? We look at traveler photos and compare!
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[FACT OR FAKE #23] Multitasking Makes You Less Productive!
Many of us believe that multitasking helps you get more done faster. But is that really true? We saw current news reports talk about it and many people ask about the effects of multitasking. So we decided to dig deep and unearth the truth about multitasking. Here it is..
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[FACT OR FAKE #22] If Microwaved Water Can 'Kill' Plants, We're Next
Pictures of a 6th grade science fair project are (again) doing rounds of Internet and Social Media sites in which it has been "tested" that the effect microwaved water would have on a plant is that it will "kill them." So we decided to get to the bottom of the truth to find out the so-called dangers of watering your plants with microwaved water.
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