27 Out-of-Touch Pieces of Advice People Received from Their Parents and Grandparents

Some advice is older than the hills and more widespread than mosquitos: when you fall, get up again; two wrongs don’t make a right; Vick’s Vaporub is a cure for all ills. And this piece of advice is no exception, appearing in some form in cultures around the world.

But guess what? This has been tested multiple times, and there is no proof that going outside with wet hair is more likely to give you a cold. Which makes sense, because it’s not like viruses enter your body through wet hair follicles.