Urban myths - all their secrets revealed!

Light/Mild Cigarettes
They are actually the same thing. The type of tobacco used in "regular" cigarettes and "light/mild" cigarettes are the same. Comparing a "regular" and a "light" cigarette, you'll notice that except for the filter length, unnoticeable vent holes, combustibility of the paper, they are pretty much the same thing. The resultant "reduced" tar and nicotine content is because of differences in number of puffs possible. Actually, it is possible that smokers might inhale deeper thinking that light/mild cigarettes are "safer".

Occupied Public Toilets
Keeping public toilets clean is dirty business. These days, the cleaning is contracted to cleaning agencies that employ people who are just like you and I. People who generally prefer to work less given fixed amount of pay. Hence in order to reduce effort, they control usage. But because they cannot affect the frequency with which users come in and out, they control the only thing they can: Access. So what they do on the sly is to lock the cubicle doors from the outside. It's a simple trick that requires only a coin. It works especially well for cubicles with doors that go all the way to the floor because then it is difficult to check the cubicle for the occupants' feet.

Pepsi vs Coke Challenge
Pepsi really does taste better - not!


File this under "Pressing the traffic light button repeatedly will not hasten the changing of the lights" and "Speaking a language slowly and loudly to a non-speaker will not make him/her understand any better".