609 - Disney: Ashes Suck

Episode Link

Ashes scattering
https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/the-urban-legend-about-scattering-human-ashes-at-disney-1829968093/amp
https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-worlds-big-secret-its-a-favorite-spot-to-scatter-family-ashes-1540390229

River Country
https://www.wdwinfo.com/best-kept-secrets_MK.htm

Villain park
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/disney-dark-kingdom-villain-theme-park-revealed#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6rnPqSrE40

Rejected World Showcases
https://www.yesterland.com/worldshowcase.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_attractions_that_were_never_built

507 - Pirate Myths

Episode

Pirate Accent (yarrrr!)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628579/?ref_=nv_sr_1
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120919-talk-like-a-pirate-day-news-history/
http://dialectblog.com/2011/05/24/pirate-accent/

Burying Treasure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_treasure
http://www.theidioms.com/x-marks-the-spot/
William_Kidd

Eyepatch Usage
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323646604578404581544768850?mod=itp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyepatch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmah_ibn_Jabir_Al_Jalhami

Walk the Plank
http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/pirate-life/walking-the-plank/
https://www.history.com/news/ask-history/did-pirates-really-make-people-walk-the-plank

Upside Barrel for Air
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/use-a-capsized-boat-as-a-submarine/

Blackbeard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard

Thumbnail image source

502 - Snapple Fact Check 2: Camelflage

Venus fly trap can eat a whole cheeseburger (880)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap#Carnivory
http://www.vitaminsestore.com/venus-fly-trap-benefits-side-effects-reviews-and-dosage/
https://txtriffidranch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/absolute-surefire-steps-to-kill-your-venus-flytrap-step-6/

Average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds (830)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmRGNunPj3c
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream#The_neurobiology_of_dreaming
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19794431
https://www.quora.com/How-long-do-dreams-last
https://sleep.org/articles/how-often-dreams/

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows (85)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3668700/Solved-Why-Mona-Lisa-doesnt-have-eyebrows.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isleworth_Mona_Lisa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

Lifespan of a tastebud is 10 days (62)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_bud
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16843606

Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger (868)
https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/clothes-rack
https://www.henkerman.com.au/blogs/blog/history-of-the-clothes-hanger

Wild camels roamed Arizona’s deserts (848)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/whatever-happened-wild-camels-american-west-180956176/
https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/states/arizona/2011-02-15-1042942857_x.htm

501 - Facebook Roundup: Bogus Bitcoin

Check out the episode here

"Fake News" vs. "Clickbait" vs. "Satire

Finger Circle Arrest
https://www.huzlers.com/man-arrested-after-showing-officer-finger-circle-when-asked-for-his-license-registration/
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wj8e74/searching-for-the-man-behind-the-circle-game
https://www.oddee.com/item_96578.aspx

Chocolate will go Extinct in 40 Years
https://www.snopes.com/chocolate-extinct-40-years/
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-and/climate-chocolate
https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg2/WGIIAR5-PartA_FINAL.pdf 

Facebook Privacy Content
https://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/privacy.asp#examples
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-copyright-hoax-copy-paste-copyright-facebook-message/story?id=17811357
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viral-facebook-privacy-notice-is-a-hoax/ 
https://www.snopes.com/legal/privacy.asp

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is about the Holocaust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow
https://www.snopes.com/somewhere-over-rainbow-holocaust/ 
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/life/faith/2014/12/10/somewhere-rainbow-jewish-perspective/20104523/ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yip_Harburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Arlen

Meth Lab
http://www.decaturalabamausa.com/departments/police-department/
https://www.snopes.com/meth-lab-alabama-walmart/
https://policelocator.com/la/east-jefferson-levee-district-police-department/

Chuck-E-Cheese's Tokens sold as Bitcoin
https://consumerist.com/2016/10/05/chuck-e-cheeses-switches-from-tokens-to-stored-value-cards-annoys-token-lovers/
https://bitcoin.org/en/
https://archive.is/ekQXW
https://www.snopes.com/chuck-e-cheese-bitcoin/

FBI Murder/Suicide
http://thedailyhaze.com/fbi-agent-michael-brown-murder-suicide/
https://www.snopes.com/fbi-agent-murder-suicide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Gazette
https://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/


 

407 - Gross Myths: "Dreaded" Spiders

Check out the episode here

Real corpses used as halloween decorations
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/halloween.asp
http://time.com/4075952/dead-body-halloween/ 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011022/aponline125022_000.htm

Spider Nest in Dreadlocks
https://www.thewrap.com/snatched-fact-check-amy-schumer-tapeworm-meat/
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/tapeworm-weight-loss2.htm
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060919125603AASJVp8
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/health/6-foot-tapeworm-india-study/index.html

HIV Needles in Gas Pumps/Movie Seats
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062200/met_3370747.html#.WeQRHUzMyt8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Doctors#Needle_Men_and_the_Black_Bottle_Men
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp

Remove a Tapeworm with Steak Outside the Mouth
https://www.thewrap.com/snatched-fact-check-amy-schumer-tapeworm-meat/
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/tapeworm-weight-loss2.htm
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060919125603AASJVp8
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/health/6-foot-tapeworm-india-study/index.html

Toe in the Chili
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ayala
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/us/finger-in-chili-is-called-hoax-las-vegas-woman-is-charged.html

Cockroach Eggs in Envelope
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/insects/cockroacheggs.asp
https://www.thoughtco.com/fear-of-licking-3299081
 

405 - Nautical Survival: He Cheated

Check out the episode here!

Can you eat tea for nutrition?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea

"Red sky at dawn..."
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/weather-sailor.html

Drinking Sea Water
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/drinksw.html
https://morethanjustsurviving.com/drinking-seawater-for-survival/
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/qa-seawater.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Bombard

Punch a shark in the nose
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-survive-the-shark-attack-that-is-never-going-to-happen-to-you-24121725/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/science/the-claim-fight-off-a-shark-by-punching-it-in-the-nose.html

Urinating on a jellyfish sting
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-behind-that-jellyfish-sting-2844876/

Surviving a rip tide
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_tide
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertow_(water_waves)
 

404 - History: Taft Tub and Jumbo

Check out the episode here!

Napoleon was short.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_of_Adolf_Hitler
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1075950/adolf-hitler-had-a-bizarre-sexual-fetish-and-it-is-truly-disgusting/

Hitler's "Sexual Preferences"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_of_Adolf_Hitler
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1075950/adolf-hitler-had-a-bizarre-sexual-fetish-and-it-is-truly-disgusting/

The Pope's Fish Farm
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday
http://www.thecowshow.com/2010/02/real-reason-catholics-dont-eat-meat-on.html?m=1

"Taft Tub"
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/why-william-howard-taft-was-probably-never-stuck-in-his-bathtub/
http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/did-william-howard-taft-really-get-stuck-in-a-bathtub
https://triviahappy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/taftsbathtub.jpg

LBJ's MANY Character Eccentricities
http://www.cracked.com/article_18945_6-presidential-secrets-your-history-teacher-didnt-mention.html
http://gawker.com/lbj-was-obsessed-with-his-dick-1694599317
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/03/ldb-white-house-shower
https://newrepublic.com/article/131117/presidential-penis-short-history
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/lyndon-johnson-penis-caro-colbert_n_3231131.html
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/presidential-campaigns-sexual-innuendo-history-213716
http://time.com/4342019/drunk-president-history/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/18463/lbj-president-who-marked-his-territory

403 - Snapple Fact Check!

Source Image

Link to Episode

Fact #14: "Camel’s milk does not curdle"
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/exploring-the-dromedairy-camels-and-their-milk/
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0755e/t0755e00.htm#TopOfPage

Fact #27: "A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber"
https://sciencenotes.org/why-a-glass-ball-bounces-higher-than-a-rubber-ball/

Fact #46: "Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump"
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/sifter/elephants-can-t-jump-and-here-s-why
https://www.livescience.com/54606-why-elephants-cannot-jump.html

Fact #57: "You blink over 10 million times in a year"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/why-do-we-blink-so-much-mental-rest_n_2377720.html

Fact #77: "No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times"

Fact #86: "Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia"
http://www.charm.ru/coins/misc/teamoney.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_brick#Use_as_currency

Fact #98: "When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh less"
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-weigh-less-when-the-moon-is-directly-overhead

Fact #237: "The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature"
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/cricket.html
http://www.snopes.com/science/cricket.asp

Fact #123: "Beavers were once the size of bears"

Fact #250: Mongolians invented Lemonade around 1299 A.D. 
http://www.cliffordawright.com/caw/food/entries/display.php/id/95/
Pink lemonade: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unusual-origins-pink-lemonade-180960145/

Fact #270: "Colors like red, yellow, and orange make you hungry"
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666311006957
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-are-fast-food-signs-red-2015-9

List of Snapple facts: https://www.snapple.com/real-facts
 

310 - Alcohol: Cement Mixing and Cold Confusion

Episode link!

Video supplement!

Cold Showers Sober you up
http://www.wikihow.com/Sober-Up-Fast
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049052/
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0161749
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049052/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_metabolism#Factors_that_affect_drug_metabolism
https://www.fastcompany.com/3043767/the-scientific-case-for-cold-showers
http://www.thebroscientist.com/bullshit-cold-showers-youve-told-far/

Coffee Sobers you up
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bne-123-6-1271.pdf
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20091210/drunk-coffee-wont-get-you-sober#1
http://www.menshealth.com/health/does-coffee-sober-you-up
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/06/eight-stubborn-alcohol-myths-debunked-by-science/

Beer Marinades Prevent Cancer
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf404966w
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf404966w
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf801837s
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf4035332
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/meat-beer-marinade/
http://www.livescience.com/54901-free-radicals.html

Liquor Raises Body Temperature
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6974036
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/health/01real.html

Hot Sake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake#History
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2015/07/15/the-rise-of-domestic-sake-in-america-where-freshness-is-king/

Cement Mixer Induces Vomiting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_Mixer_(drink)
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Cement-Mixer-Shot
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/the-10-birthday-shots-guaranteed-to-make-you-vomit-6506404

309 - Movies: Spielbergian

Wizard of Oz Suicide
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5242160.stm
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicide.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny6Qz2aZdDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAqvkj3HtGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQECeV5nwzA

Goldfinger death
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-05-31/entertainment/9205230204_1_goldfinger-frobe-bond
http://www.mtv.com/news/2767359/whats-the-big-deal-midnight-cowboy-1969/
http://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/film-info/goldfinger

Brandon Lee's death in The Crow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdwenRvCKmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMp7ZCGVLmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBp9n0YnTA

Spielberg snuck into Universal to start his career
http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,959634,00.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/
http://www.snopes.com/movies/other/spielberg.asp

One of the first "movies" (L'Arrivée d'un Train en Gare de La Ciotat) caused crowd panic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6i3uccnZhQ
http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/archives/0508/columns_cutprint2.htm
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/first-film-audiences-panic-footage-train.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Arriv%C3%A9e_d%27un_train_en_gare_de_La_Ciotat#Contemporary_reaction

Train shot in The Assassination of Jessie James...

308 - Animals: Elephant Bookies

Great intro source:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533731.pdf

"Don't touch a baby bird"
http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/birding-basics/can-birds-smell-taste/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-birds-abandon-young-at-human-touch/
https://hawkwatch.org/images/stories/Learn/IF-you-Find-a-Baby-Bird.jpg

"Toads give you warts"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533731.pdf
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/viruses-cause-skin-warts#3
http://ispub.com/IJPHARM/5/2/9352

"Bats are blind"
http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/all_about_bats.html
http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eek-squad/blind-bat-isnt-blind-all

Goldfish Memory vs. Elephant Memory
http://mentalfloss.com/article/52381/it-true-elephants-never-forget
http://blog.ed.ted.com/2015/08/11/12-amazing-facts-about-elephants/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish_Memory
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-02-19/goldfish-three-second-memory-myth-busted/1046710

Bridget's sources for correcting our sleep episode. 

Justin's Go Fund Me / Little Shop of Horrors project. 

Check out Jacks of Trades here for comic and graphic novel analysis!

307 - Aphrodisiacs: Cosmo Edition

Introductory Material
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3731873/

Chili Peppers
http://susanamayer.com/

Asparagus/Avocados
http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/10-edible-aphrodisiacs/
https://www.eatsomethingsexy.com/aphrodisiac-foods/avocado/

Bananas
Yeah...there's really nothing. Except Cosmo. 

Chocolate
http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/10-edible-aphrodisiacs/
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/health/18real.html

Oysters
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8875519
Natural Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality by Ravis K. Puri, Ph.D. Page 311

Red Wine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18164568

Salmon/Walnuts
https://www.healthambition.com/omega-3-fish-oil-benefits/

Vanilla
Natural Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality by Ravis K. Puri, Ph.D.

Watermelon:
http://www.womenfitness.net/watermelon_saffron.html

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305 - Sleep: Eight Legged Dreams

General/Introduction
https://www.sleepassociation.org/patients-general-public/what-is-sleep/
www.howsleepworks.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag

Melatonin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin#Sleep_disorders
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691095
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melatonin-dosage-and-risks_us_56deff8ce4b03a40567a1e1e
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AwrXgCPCD75YNiIA1K1PmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZ210NGNrBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM1BHZ0aWQDQjI1NTlfMQRzZWMDc3I-?qid=20141106194659AActxEO

"Never Wake a Sleep Walker"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/health/the-claim-never-wake-a-sleepwalker.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/waking-a-sleepwalker-may-kill-them/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpIKX8VIaT

"Old People Need Less Sleep"
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/sleep-and-aging-133153.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/elderly-sleep-less-neurons_n_5692504.html
http://www.livescience.com/8075-older-adults-sleep.html

"People Consume Spiders in their Sleep"
http://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/myth-you-swallow-spiders-your-sleep
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-people-swallow-8-spiders-a-year-while-they-sleep1/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/50951/how-many-spiders-do-you-really-swallow-your-sleep

Russian Sleep Experiment
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment

This week's musical guest/track: "Sait" - Morgan Greenwood
nsavides podcast: http://podcast.nsavides.com/
Special guest voiceover: Kristaps of The Eastern Border

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304 - Legal Myths: We're not Lawyers

Citizen's Arrest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox_v._Louisiana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_the_peace
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Citizen's-Arrest

Undercover Cops
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/prostitution-a-users-manu_1_n_91022.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment

Miranda Right
http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-miranda-v-arizona
http://kids.laws.com/fifth-amendment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning

Husband and Wife cannot be tried for the same crime/testify against each other
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spousal_privilege

The "One Phone Call"
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OnePhoneCall
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/really-entitled-phonecall-arrested/

The Power of a Quality Alibi
http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/criminal-defense-case/alibi-defense.htm
http://criminal.lawyers.com/criminal-law-basics/criminal-defenses-alibi.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibi

303 - Food: Of Course, My Horse(meat)!

Lactose Intolerant People Can’t Eat Cheese
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/lactose-intolerance-diet-the-best-cheeses-to-eat-if-youre-lactose-intolerant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance#History
http://www.eatwisconsincheese.com/cheeses/how-cheese-is-made

Taco Bell uses dog food grade meat
http://images.gawker.com/18g5em3mcetgzjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp
http://gawker.com/5987836/taco-bells-beef-had-horse-meat-in-it-too
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/09/aldi-100-percent-horsemeat-beef-products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_carcass_classification
http://meat.tamu.edu/ansc-307-honors/meat-inspection/ 

Chocolate and greasy foods cause acne
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/chocolate-and-acne
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/diet-causes-pimples-5.html

Coke can clean a car battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WnhUw7bRhw
http://familylifegoals.com/10-industrial-uses-for-coke-which-prove-its-not-fit-for-human-consumption/
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp
http://www.kidsdentistdrwinn.com/clientuploads/PDFs/Acidity%20Sheet%20Sheet1.pdf

Fortune Cookies Are Chinese
http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/fortune.asp
http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2010/07/origins-of-a-fortune-cookie.html
http://www.fancyfortunecookies.com/Articles.asp?ID=148

Raw or uncooked onions can make you ill
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/11/20/bus_393557.shtml#.WIftUbGZNsM
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5247a5.htm


 

210 - Dr. Oz and Infowars (ft. Blurry Photos)

Dr. Oz's demographics
http://www.doctoroz.com/press/dr-oz-show-season-5-premieres-strong-ratings-scores-double-digit-growth-key-markets

Dr. Oz congressional hearing clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkkNFhZkvRo

Dr. Oz has supported homeopathy
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/Alternative-Pain-Treatments-Pt-1

Dr. Oz weight-loss supplements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoYgpuG87lQ
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943088/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_coffee_extract
http://retractionwatch.com/2014/10/20/authors-retract-green-coffee-bean-diet-paper-touted-by-dr-oz/
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/01/marketer-who-promoted-green-coffee-bean-weight-loss-supplement

Garcinia Combogia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3430075/Dr-Oz-sued-weight-loss-supplement-Garcinia-Cambogia.html
http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/02/dr-oz-lawsuit-green-coffee-bean-garcinia-cambogia/
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1xmdvg_garcinia-cambogia-dr-oz_people?GK_FACEBOOK_OG_HTML5=1
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=188147
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22530711
http://www.livescience.com/39243-garcinia-cambogia-supplement-facts.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3732841
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/01/marketer-who-promoted-green-coffee-bean-weight-loss-supplement

CNN critique of Dr. Oz
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/27/opinions/vox-dr-oz-critics/

209 - Alcohol: Breaking the Seal

Vomiting helps sobering up
http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/09/30/myth-throwing-up-drinking-coffee-taking-a-cold-shower-or-walking-around-the-block-will-sober-you-up/

Green Fairy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thujone
http://www.absinthe101.com/famous.html

Carbing up prevents a hangover
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Documents/Alcohol%20myth%20buster.htm
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/31/461594898/want-to-avoid-a-hangover-science-has-got-you-covered
http://www.webmd.com/women/features/9-myths-about-your-hangover#1

Foster’s can be used for making LSD
https://erowid.org/psychoactives/humor/humor_joke5.shtml

“Breaking the seal”
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/body-odd/happy-hour-urban-myth-breaking-seal-real-thing-f1B8030890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasopressin
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31408/science-breaking-seal

208 - Sex and Pregnancy

Contraceptives (Coca Cola)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3679247
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/sperm.asp

Contraceptive (Hot Tub)
http://www.newsweek.com/attention-glee-fans-hot-tub-cannot-get-you-pregnant-222254
http://americanpregnancy.org/preventing-pregnancy/pregnancy-myths/

Diet Determines Boy or Girl
http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/deciding-babys-sex#1

“Eating for Two People”
http://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/you-are-pregnant/staying-healthy-safe.html
http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/pregnant-eat-for-two-right

Everyone is initially female
http://gizmodo.com/5974847/you-started-life-as-a-girl

High/Low Tummy = Boy/Girl
http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/pregnancy/issues/carrying-boy-or-girl.htm

207 - Drugs: Rehashed

Poppy Seed registers as opiates on a drug test
1. http://www.usada.org/can-poppyseeds-cause-a-positive-drug-test/
2. http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/poppyseed.asp
3. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=4132469&page=1

Smoking Bed Bugs
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHp3Lp86vg
2. https://www.wired.com/2014/04/smoking-bed-bugs-will-not-get-you-high/

Crack Babies
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenatal_cocaine_exposure
2. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126478643
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=V4BIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA452#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Orange Juice LSD man
1. http://www.complex.com/life/2016/05/acid-turn-people-into-orange-juice-urban-legend

The Founding Fathers Smoked Weed
1. http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2012/11/busting-some-myths-about-the-founding-fathers-and-marijuana/
2. https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/some-my-finest-hours-have-been-spent-my-back-veranda-smoking-hemp-quotation

THC Detox Methods
1. http://science.howstuffworks.com/marijuana2.htm
2. http://www.ndci.org/sites/default/files/ndci/THC_Detection_Window_0.pdf
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570572/
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17303175
5. http://fierceandnerdy.com/thc-in-semen-ask-dr-miro-what-you-didnt-learn-in-health-class