Science Fact or Myth?

You should use antibiotics if you're sick with a virus.

• True

• False

You only use 10% of your brain at any given moment.

• Fact
• Myth

A bigger brain is a better brain.

• Fact
• Myth

The brain feels pain.

• Fact
• Myth

Humans only have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

• Myth

• Fact

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Your workout is effective if your muscles are sore afterwards.

• Myth

• Fact

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Your foot and your forearm are the same length.

• Myth

• Fact

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Your heart skips a beat when you sneeze.

• Myth

• Fact

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The air coming out of your nose when you sneeze travels at about 100 miles/hour.

• Myth

• Fact

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Particles expelled in a sneeze or cough can carry germs for an array of infectious diseases. The average uncovered sneeze sends droplets about six feet. But for smaller-size particles, it’s more like eight feet or farther because of a gaslike cloud that keeps them airborne.

Eating turkey makes you sleepy because of the chemical tryptophan

• Fact

• Myth