The Drifter Goes Debunking 

All info found on the internet, ergo factual and dependable.

Dogs age at seven years per one human year...Not according to experts. The general consensus is that dogs mature faster than humans, reaching the equivalent of 21 years in 2, and then aging slows down to more like four human years per year. "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan recommends calculating thus: Subtract two from the age, multiply that by four and add 21.

Searing meat does not "seal in" moisture.... and in fact may actually cause meat to lose moisture. Generally, the value in searing meat is that it creates a brown crust with a rich flavor via the Maillard reaction

Ye Olde Stoppe and Shoppe.
People during the Old and Middle English speaking periods never pronounced or spelled "the" as "ye".  Confusion derives from the use of the character thorn (þ) in abbreviations of the word "the", which in Middle English text () looked similar to a y with a superscript e.

Eating nuts, popcorn, or seeds does not increase the risk of diverticulitis. These foods may actually have a protective effect.

Willie "Stretch" McCovey

You should stretch before exercise
Everyone seems to do it,  … but researchers have been finding that it actually slows you down. Studies reveal that stretching before a run can result in a 5 percent reduction of efficiency;  Furthermore, there has never been sufficient scientific evidence that pre-exercise stretching reduces injury risk.  But stretching after exercise is another story...and probably advisable. 

Ronald Reagan shrank U.S. government.

The man whose legacy is associated with reducing government size and spending consistently did the very opposite: Federal spending grew by an average of 2.5 percent a year, adjusted for inflation, The national debt exploded, going from $700 billion to nearly $3 trillion. The number of federal employees grew by 200,000.  

Bonus Debunk...
There is no such thing as the "real you."
If you behave like an asshole, you cannot also be "really a good person on the inside."   Or as a friend advised his daughter..." If the guy is nice to you and rude to the waiter, he's not a nice guy."  

Answers to yesterday's crossword clues. 

1.Radar Unit (4)  MASH

2.Brightened with Peruvian ancestry? (12)  INCANDESCENT

3.Famous tower (3)  AAA  (pronounce Tower with long "o")

4.Wicked source of light (6)  CANDLE

5. hijklmno  (5) WATER (H-to-O) 

6.Amundsen's forwarding address (4)  MUSH

7.New Jersey (4)  CALF