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Unknown: Mass-market beers contain "foaming agents" to help them form or maintain a head. |
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Documented: Some English beers contain "fish guts". |
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Debunked: Corona beer is made with urine. |
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U: Eating lots of chicken fast food causes males to grow breasts (from hormones). |
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Documented: Eggs and chicken are horribly contaminated, and should NOT be eaten raw. |
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Debunked: Unless marked "dairy", fast food shakes aren't milk: mostly carrageen gel. |
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Documented: Lead leaches from lead crystal decanters into drinks; is not good for you. |
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Debunked: Eating carrots may improve night vision, because of large amounts of Vitamin A. |
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Tb: Microwaved food is better (other cooking allegedly creates carcinogens) |
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Debunked: Eating celery takes more energy than its digestion yields. |
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U: Mick Jagger used a Mars bar as a dildo on nubile pop loon Marianne Faithful. |
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T: Kim Scheinberg posted MF's denial from autobiography,but she would say that. |
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F,T,T,U: Fast food places use unusual ingredients: worm, 'roo meat, seaweed, rat. ["The Kentucky Fried Rat" and Other Nasties" in TVH] |
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In Dispute: Stranger at restaurant eats your cookies, you grab, later find you took his. |
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Debunked: Cook cheated into buying Mrs Fields' recipe, gets revenge by spreading it. |
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F: Green M&M's (also "Smarties" in UK and Canada) are an aphrodisiac. |
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F: Red M&M's are a carcinogen (Nope, they used red dye #5,not dangerous #2) [Both M&M legends are in "Green M&Ms" in TMP] |
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Debunked: Ingesting a tapeworm will help you slim, so people do this regularly |
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Unknown: Tapeworm eggs have been sold as diet pills. |
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T: Many CIA (and other gov't) snackbars are staffed by blind people. |
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F: They're hired to help maintain secrecy. |
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Debunked: Grape seeds can get caught in your appendix and give you appendicitis. |
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T: British army doses water with bromide (for purification), soldiers say it's... |
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U: ...to suppress soldiers' libidos. US Army salts their peters with saltpeter. |
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Fb: Kennedy family made their pile thru a Scotch import monopoly |
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Tb: Kennedy family made their pile thru smuggling Scotch during prohibition. |
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Debunked: The red leaves of Poinsettias (aka the Xmas Plant) are deadly poisonous. |
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Documented: Poinsettia sap and leaves are irritants and may harm small children. |
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Documented: Asparagus makes some people's pee stink. |
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In Dispute: But the ability to smell it is inherited. |
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T: Fresh seeds from plants of rose family react to form cyanide in the body. |
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Fb: Restaurant mints are pissy because patrons don't wash after going to the loo. |
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F: Mikey (Life cereal) exploded from eating Pop Rocks with soda (You wish!) ["The Death of Little Mikey" in TCD] |
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F: A popular Mexican beer (esp. Corona) was made with urine. |
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F: Snapple either supports Operations Rescue/KKK and/or the ship on the label is a slave ship. |
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T: In November 1994, Snapple was acquired by Quaker Oats Corp. Tell it to them. |
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Debunked: Tropical Fantasy soft drink causes sterility in black men. |
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Debunked: Mountain Dew makes your willy shrink. |
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Debunked: Army doses water with bromide or saltpeter, to suppress soldiers' libidos |
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T: Some people like to eat the placenta (aka afterbirth) of their children. |
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F: Shampoos and foreign beauty aids are made from aborted babies. ["The Secret Ingredient" in TMP] |
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F: Couple travels to exotic locale with pet dog. Eatery prepares it for them. ["Food and Restaurant Rumors and Legends"/"Unfortunate Pet Legends", TCD] |
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F: Ethnic eateries (Chinese/E. Indian/Italian) use cat/dog/human meat instead of expected meat. ["The Eaten Pets"/"Further Ethnic Stereotype Legends,"TMP] |
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F: Cantaloupes are infected with salmonella and are thus bad to eat. |
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F: Snake hidden in imported fruit (bananas, pineapple, etc.) bites/kills someone. ["The Snake in the Greens" in TBT] |
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Documented: Woman removes label from "tuna" can, finds cat food label underneath. |
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Fb: In pre-revolutionary Paris, peasants resold food from restaurant garbage. |
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T: Vegemite (and Marmite) is made from yeast by-products, salt, and other stuff |
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Debunked: Cannibalism was a common means of sustenance for past cultures. |
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In Dispute: Culturally-approved cannibalism existed in past cultures. |
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Documented: Sometimes starving people eat other people. |
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Documented: Some people are weird and eat other people. |
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Debunked: The existence of "kuru" proves cannibalism. |
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F: "Instant" ramen noodles are coated w/wax and can cause intestinal blockage. |
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Fb: Drinking alcoholic beverages through a straw makes one drunker faster. |
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Tb: Carbonation in whisky and soda makes one drunk faster than a straight whisky |
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F: Marco Polo brought pasta back to Italy from the Chinese. |
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T: Spinach has no more iron than other vegetables; UL due to misplaced decimal. |
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F: People eat chocolate because it gives them the same feeling as being in love |
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F: Chocolate makes people horny. |
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F: Eating hot bread is bad for you (alcohol, stomach upset, etc.) |
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Tb: Don't use fresh/frozen pineapple, Kiwi fruit, or maggots to make Jell-O. |
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Tb: Certain Eng. documentaries notwithstanding, spaghetti doesn't grow on trees. |
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T: Some English beers contain fish guts. |
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In Dispute: The "Baby Ruth" candy bar was named for George "Babe" Ruth. Duh. |
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In Dispute: ...It was really named for US president Grover Cleveland's oldest daughter. |
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F: "Bubble Yum" bubble gum is manufactured with spiders' eggs. ["The Kentucky Fried Rat" in TVH.] |
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T: There sure are lots of stories of food service people jacking off into food...e.g., doughnut dough, pizzas, curry, etc. |
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T: Most, if not all, are false though. |
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T: If you want to know what the "33" on Rolling Rock beer means. Read the Straight Dope books mentioned at the end of the FAQ list or TAFKAC. |
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T: Chewing ice can be bad for your teeth. |
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T: Yes, we've heard the untrue story about a woman, a dog, and peanut butter. |
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F: Putting a spoon in a bottle of champagne will help keep it from going flat. ...See also the University of Leiden's "Sparkling Wine". |
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T: There was nothing accidental about the development of Coca-cola. If you give a fizz, call Barbara Hamel. |
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T: "animal or vegetable shortening" on ingredients list == LARD |
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F: Hostess snacks (Twinkies, Cupcakes, etc.) aren't baked! They set, like Jell-O(tm) |
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Fb: Twinkies eat mold... If mold grows on a twinkie, the twinkie digests it... |
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T: There really were chocolate "iced" Twinkies. |
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Documented: The "Got Milk?" phrase used by the California Milk Processor Board as translated into spanish (for the US Hispanic audience) would have likely been interpeted "Are you lactating?" Or perhaps "Is your fridge stocked?" |
