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Myth debunked: Rainy weather does NOT cause achy joints and sore backs
6 weird and wonderful things you didn't know about Leap Day
Martin takes aim at 'Enda the Fireman', says Taoiseach 'promoting a fairytale'
The tale of the 18th century baronet, his Irish mistress and a horrific love charm
Paul Kiernan
Fear not: the hazelnut shortage will NOT affect Ferrero Rocher supply this Christmas
Government needs to 'stop making excuses' and 'propagating myths' on climate change
Jim McGuinness - It's an "illusion" that Dublin are suspect at the back
Debunked: Will a bee die if it stings you?
Debunked: Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button more than once make any difference?
Debunked: Does swallowed chewing gum stay in your stomach for seven years?
Opinion: Why the Gareth Bale narrative is the biggest myth in football
Debunked: Does reading in low light or staring at a screen damage your eyesight?
Debunked: Does sugar make children hyperactive?
Debunked: Is a rat never more than a few metres away?
Report: it's everyone for themselves on sinking ships
Was King Arthur an Irishman?