From The New York Times's intrepid "Really?" reporter and author of the bestselling Never Shower in a Thunderstorm, more mind-opening health facts (and fictions)
This book remind me of the series of "Tell me Why" I grew up with. Always follow the elephants covers useful health facts that you could apply to daily life. Some of my favorites are "Is it dangerous to swallow gums?", "can eating green potatoes kill you?" "can some mixers make you more drunk?", "is drinking hot water from the tap bad for you?" and "do some people dream in black and white?". I like the fact that All the answers...
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Annahad O'Connors second book Always Follow the Elephants is just as great as his first, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm. He answers those ridiculous questions that we always wanted to ask with his clever and witty humour. A really good read when you just want to relax and learn some interesting facts!
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In the hopeless mass of words which bombard us every day, it is nice to simplify things. This book does that.
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New York Times science and health reporter Anahad O'Connor receives emails from curous readers who are eager to test the veracity of certain old wives' tales and popular beliefs. Do they have any basis in reality or are they myths? O'Connor consults medical journals and databases, looks for reliable studies, and speaks to experts in order to "nail down the best, scientifically endorsed answers to these pesky curiosities."...
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How many folks do you see walking around with a bottle of water dutifully drinking their quota for the day? Is it really beneficial for us to drink 8 glasses of water per day as many claim? Not at all says Anahad O'Connor, writer of the NY Times "Really?" column in his fact fulled collection of information about us and our world. Re the water, "Much of the water we need comes in the form of food and various liquids,...
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