Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer, two men from Georgia, USA claim that the above picture depicts the frozen corpse of the legendary Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot.

The couple claim that they found the corpse in the woods in northern Georgia and kept it in a freezer for a month, after which they called a press conference and admitted that they wouldn’t mind making money off their “find”.

Later, and to no one’s surprise, the whole thing was proven a hoax.

Well, actually, it’s not. The sell-by dates on cartons of organic milk indicate a much longer shelf life compared to regular milk, but that’s not because the milk is organic.

The real reason lies in the processing each kind of milk goes through before being put on the market.

Organic milk is pasteurized at a higher temperature than the regular stuff. That makes it last longer. Why does it need to last longer? Because organic milk usually comes from farther away than regular milk.

E-mails have been going around referring to a fictitious scientific study that “proves” that being overweight has medical benefits ranging from protection from tuberculosis and Alzheimer’s to increased happiness and success in business.

According to the “report”, being 15 to 25 pounds overweight can protect you from emphysema, pneumonia and various infections and injuries , while 30-50 additional pounds leads to all sorts of wonderful things like improved eyesight, reversed baldness and immunity from the common cold.

Suspicious yet?

You can read the whole thing here.

Today on Strange Science News we’re featuring another weird scientific myth debunked by the good folks at Snopes.com.

Drinking bleach will protect you from HIV and AIDS?

(Can’t believe I have to say this) NO!

The myth gained popularity when an Associated Press article about a sex-education bill in Florida mentioned that some Florida teens believed that swallowing a capful of bleach will prevent you from catching HIV/Aids.

It’s not true. Bleach will not allow you to have indiscriminate sex and there is no evidence that a bunch of kids if Florida are chugging Clorox. They would’ve ended up in the hospital or worse if they were.