It looks like this one was a bit too easy for the Beauty Brains community. Or maybe you’re just getting much smarter. Over 40% of you picked the right answer in this poll which is quite impressive. Let’s see what the real stories are.
1. Older men are happier than older women - [TRUE]
Only 21% of you thought this was fake but apparently it’s true. According to a recent joint study by 
researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Southern California, women end up less happy than men. The primary problem is that women are less able to achieve their life goals. By the time they are 48, women’s overall happiness is lower than that of men’s. Of course, Left Brain would skewer me if I didn’t point out that this research is based on a survey so the conclusions are sketchy at best.
2. Facial wrinkles can be removed with lasers [TRUE]
18% of you were deceived by this yarn but it’s true. In a report in the July/August issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery scientists say they found carbon dioxide laser resurfacing can be effective for long term treatment of facial wrinkles. The way it works is that thermal damage from the laser prompts the skin to produce more protein collagen and fill in the wrinkles.
A better option than a face lift?
3. Male birds with makeup are more attractive to female birds [TRUE]
These are the kind of stories you have to love. The scientists wondered if coloring the feathers of a New Jersey barn swallow with a marker would make them “chick” magnets. In work published in the June issue of Current Biology researchers found that indeed using a colorant on a male bird’s feathers resulted in them mating more often. The colored birds also had increased levels of testosterone.
Apparently clothes really do make the man (or bird anyway)
4. The French use more water for showering than any other EU country. [FALSE]
42% of you couldn’t believe this one and you were right. It’s not the French that are water hogs, it’s the Brits. According to a water use survey in the Royal Society of Chemistry the British are most guilty of wasting shower water. They take longer showers than people in France, Germany or Spain.
I wonder how America would’ve faired in the survey.
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So how did you do? Did you get the right answer? Leave a comment and tell the rest of the Beauty Brains what you think.
