What would being financially free mean to you? Have you made the mistake of thinking that financial freedom requires millions of dollars and decades of hard work? When it comes to our relationship to money, the answers really lie in our mindset. Change your mindset around money and your entire financial outlook will change with… Read More »
Do you have an aim in life? Truth is, if you lack an aim in life, you’re likely to live an unfulfilling life because you don’t know what you’re living for. In this episode of The Lifehack Show, I’m going to talk about the importance of having a good aim. The post What Should Be… Read More »
Strengths and weaknesses are both essential pieces of any puzzle. It’s impossible to grow without working on your flaws. To counter your weaknesses, you first need to know why you have them and where they are coming from. Watch this episode of the Lifehack Show and learn about your weaknesses and what you can do… Read More »
A post on Facebook, shared more than 19,000 times, warns that people are putting tape laced with fentanyl—a strong opioid painkiller—on car petrol caps which, when touched, “will kill you”. There is no evidence this is true. The post appears to be the latest in a long list of unevidenced claims about people interfering with… Read More »
A number of Facebook posts and some websites have claimed that Italy has adjusted its Covid-19 death toll from over 130,000 to 3,783. This is wrong. It seems to be based on an article in Italian newspaper Il Tempo, dated 21 October 2021. A blogpost published by the Daily Sceptic covered the Il Tempo article,… Read More »
A post on Facebook claims that, following Brexit, UK fishing crews “will” see the price of fuel for their boats more than quadruple due to the removal of EU subsidies. The post is a screenshot of a tweet from October 2020, before the end of the Brexit transition period. HMRC told us that the claim… Read More »
UK Covid deaths soar to 262 Evening Standard, 9 November 2021. UK daily Covid deaths hit 262 in highest rise in a WEEK The Sun, 9 November 2021. Several newspapers gave a misleading impression of the latest Covid-19 death figures on Tuesday 9 November 2021. While it was true that 262 deaths within 28 days… Read More »
Posts on social media have claimed that a newly approved drug for the treatment of Covid-19, molnupiravir, is actually ivermectin with a different name. Although the two drugs are produced by the same company (Merck), they are different drugs, and they work in different ways. Dr. Stephen Griffin, virologist and associate professor at the University… Read More »
A man sued Warner Bros after he was injured while fainting during a screening of The Exorcist. He claimed that the film contained subliminal messages that caused his fainting spell. When he lost consciousness, his face hit one of the seats, breaking his jaw. They settled out of court. The post A man sued Warner… Read More »