Excitement Marks!

Tell the truth! Do I use too many exclamation points! Does it seem false and untrue, because in real life I frequently talk in a monotone, in which my upper lip does not move very much?

Miss Information

So, I tend to be a very skeptical person. When I hear certain facts, especially if they are eyebrow raising kinds of facts, I want to check them out before I believe them. Recently, I have been noticing that I didn't used to be this way. I notice this because some "facts" that I have known for a relatively long time are not facts at all! That's right, I have urban legends in me!

Take for instance, Red Bull. At some point in college (not so very long ago, my how my skepticism has grown!), someone told me that Red Bull had bull testosterone in it. The hidden name- Taurine. "Wow," I said. "Gross," I said. I didn't, however, say "Hmmm, maybe, maybe not." I did not look it up. It became a fact in my brain, which I have since disseminated. Shame on me! Taurine is actually a substance originally found in an animal (not bull) source, but now produced synthetically. It has no association with testosterone.

I am embarrassed that I have spread urban legends. I am shocked and appalled to know that these little easter eggs of falsity are still lurking in my brain. So, from now on, my skepticism will need to apply to everyone. Even myself!