Myths or Facts? - Neatorama

Is it dangerous to shower in a thunderstorm? Will you drown if you eat before swimming? Will eating at night make you fat? Will having sex before a game hurt sports performance?

Check out this ABC World News webcast with The New York Times writer Anahad O'Connor on fact checking your mom's myths: Link

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I heard from a friend that Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper had a gross out contest once.
Frank took a crap on stage and Alice ate it!!!

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Not at all Captain Obvious - ABC World News Webcast is actually a very neat feature from ABC. They definitely cover "real news" but they also have *a lot* of interesting pieces like this one (a perfect fit for Neatorama!)

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So rehashing a Mythbusters episode is what passes for World News at ABC these days... What's the point in having freedom of the press if they don't report real news?

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The Mythbusters TV show on The Discovery Channel has covered some of this as well.

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Mom's myths? Even the one about sex before a game?

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