One of my favorite historical “old wives tales” readily disproven, like cracking your knuckles causing arthritis or sitting too close to the TV (which definitely used to be a problem).
The myth was that it caused arthritis. A chap called Donald Unger decided to test it by only cracking the knuckles in one hand and never the other, for decades. There was no difference between the two hands.
One of my favorite historical “old wives tales” readily disproven, like cracking your knuckles causing arthritis or sitting too close to the TV (which definitely used to be a problem).
Wait, cracking knuckles is unproblematic?
The myth was that it caused arthritis. A chap called Donald Unger decided to test it by only cracking the knuckles in one hand and never the other, for decades. There was no difference between the two hands.