Always follow the elephants

the long version

> In this follow-up to the bestselling [*Never Shower in a Thunderstorm*][1], New York Times columnist Anahad O’Connor uncovers the truth behind a hundred more old wives’ tales and conventional-wisdom cures. O’Connor investigates nagging questions of domestic safety, such as whether you can get radiation poisoning from standing too close to a microwave. More at [Macmillan][2]. [1]: http://upstream.openlibrary.org/works/OL8445548W/Never_Shower_in_a_Thunderstorm [2]: http://us.macmillan.com/alwaysfollowtheelephants