Turns out, lying is super-dangerous. Not only will it set your pants aflame, it will hurt your health.

This nugget of advice comes from Anita E. Kelly, a psychology professor at the University of Notre Dame. (It also comes from my mother, but her research isn't scientifically based).

Kelly and her team recruited 72 adults and randomly assigned them to two groups: a “sincerity group” and a control group. The control group wasn't given specific instructions, but the sincerity group was told the following:

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