Writing in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal, Aaron Carroll, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, and Rachel Vreeman, a fellow in children's health services research at Indiana University School of Medicine, say that reading in dim won't damage your eyes.
Nor is there scientific basis for the claim shaving your legs would make the hair grow back faster, they say, adding the complete lack of evidence has been recorded in a study published the American Journal of Psychology.
Reading in dim light is unlikely to do any permanent damage, but it might make you squint, blink more and have trouble focusing, the researchers said. Shaving has no effect on the thickness or rate of hair regrowth, studies say.
Eating turkey does not makes you drowsy and eating lots of food and consuming alcohol at Christmas are probably the real cause of sleepiness.
Imaging shows no area of the brain is silent or completely inactive, debunking claims that people use only 10 percent of their brains.
Hair and fingernails don't grow after death and cell phones are not dangerous in hospitals as they have minimal interference with medical equipment, Fox News reported.
