Watching comedy films increases blood flow to the heart - TRUE

This one was published in the journal Heart. Researchers found that people who watched comedies had increased blood flow. When they watched sad films blood flow actually decreased. Only 9% of you thought this was the fake.

Online daters lie more often about their weight than their age. - TRUE

This one fooled a few of you. 25% of the Beauty Brains community couldn’t believe this online headline but it is true. A study out of Cornell University found that 64% of women lied about their weight versus only 13% of those who lied about their age. I guess we’d rather be skinny than young.

People are pre-programmed to love chocolate - TRUE

32% of you found this to be unbelievable but at least one study shows that it’s science. Scientists looked at the blood of professed chocolate lovers and compared it to chocolate indifferent panelists. The chocolate lovers showed a distinct chemical difference from the indifferent group. Of course, there were only 22 people in the study and it was sponsored by Nestle so I’d like to see a little more follow up research before buying this one.

Blue roses created by using conventional hybridization techniques - FAKE

They weren’t out this year but next year you will be able to get a blue rose. However, this story is fake because scientists weren’t able to create them using conventional hybridization techniques. No, this genetic juggling required advanced genetic engineering to make it happen. Hybridization was only able to make purple roses. It was tricky but 34% of you figured out that this blue rose was the red herring. Congratulations!

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