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A fascinating exploration of the many medical myths and scientific fallacies that abound in the media, Don’t Go To Work On Mondays: Don’t Punch a Shark in the Nose, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm and Other Amazing Facts About You and Your Life exposes the facts behind the fiction

Ever been told that reading in bad light will damage your eyes? Or have you ever noticed that mosquitoes seem to attack some people more than others? Or perhaps you would just really like to know why on earth you should fear Mondays? For the reader of an inquisitive or sceptical bent, Don’t Go To Work On Mondays lays bare the truth behind the many myths about our health and the world we live in. Including:
• Do tall people live longer than short people?
• Does celery have negative calories?
• Why you should never shower in a thunderstorm
• Is chocolate really an aphrodisiac?
Anahad O’Connor is the ‘Really?’ columnist of The New York Times.