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Agnetha Faltskog and Gary Barlow first released the song a decade ago.

Myths we are told as children often go unchallenged and disguised as facts later in life, from bread crust making your hair curly to catching a cold if you go outside with wet hair – and chewing gum sitting in the stomach for seven years if swallowed. Sorry to break it to you, but they're all myths. Now, one professor of clinical gastroenterology from the University of Oxford set the record straight, calling the chewing gum claim nothing but an "old wives' tale". "I’ve no idea where the myth came from," Simon Travis told CNN. "I can only imagine that it was suggested because someone wanted to stop their children from chewing gum." The only inkling of truth is that chewing gum is not digestible, as Travis explains: "If you swallow chewing gum, it’ll go through the stomach, and go through into the intestine, and pass out unchanged at the other end." Swallowing three or more pieces a day is understandably considered excessive, however. "There are cases of chewing gum lodging in the intestines of infants and even children if they’ve swallowed a lot, and then it causes an obstruction," Travis continues. "But in over 30 years of specialist gastro practice, I’ve never seen a case." Among other medical myths that simply won't disappear is the idea that you have to wait an hour after eating before swimming, to avoid cramps. The myth is said to date back to around 1908 when it was featured in a a Boy Scout handbook. However, there is no reason to not swim after eating. While exercise after a feast can feel slightly uncomfortable, it is by no means dangerous. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse has begun the search for a new chief executive

Hong Kong’s retail sales rose in August as mainland Chinese tourists returned to the city, providing an encouraging

The police suspect it was a suicide attack targeted at a religious gathering.

People have been left bewildered after viewing an optical illusion of a spinning lady, as they try to figure out which way she is turning. Optical illusions have long been a favourite of the internet, sparking numerous online debates in the past from the 'Yanny or Laurel' audio, to the black/blue and white/gold dress. The reason we're often so interested in optical illusions is because what we see or hear challenges or disagrees with physical reality. Aude Oliva, a cognitive scientist from MIT, told Popular Mechanics that "the human brain is really tuned to learning new things. Anything that is new and surprising is something we naturally like because it mean we may learn something from it." The 'spinning lady' illusion was first posted to YouTube in 2018, asking viewers, "Which way is the lady spying? Left or right? Or both?" Many left comments sharing what they could see: "I had to watch it multiple times to see both," one user wrote. "My brain naturally sees her turn clockwise. But after watching it enough, if I change my focus it can change her direction." "At first I thought both, but when I focus on the eyes, nose and mouth as she spins, I just see her spinning left (clockwise)", wrote another. One user even said that the lady is "NOT SPINNING at all!" But rather "SWINGS like a pendulum!" Take a look at the spinning lady yourself: NEW Spinning Lady Optical Illusion (Left or Right?) www.youtube.com So, what do you see? Is she spinning left, right, or both? Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

As China's housing crisis grows, so have fears that dreams of home ownership have been bulldozed.

Billionaire Anil Agarwal is exploring an overhaul of his Indian zinc operation that could create separate entities for

The Philippines will continue to defend its maritime territory and the rights of Filipino fisherfolk, President Ferdinand Marcos

Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion are in the driving seat to sign promising Flamengo teenager Lorran.

By Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's gross domestic product growth accelerated in the third quarter from the

President Vladimir Putin put a former top commander of the Wagner mercenary group in charge of volunteer units