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* If we didn’t shut off our cell phones before takeoff, would airplanes fall out of the sky?

Probably not, pilots say, but let’s not find out the hard way.

* Do cell phones fry your brain?

“Overall, research has not consistently demonstrated a link between cellular telephone use and cancer or any other adverse health effect,” the National Cancer Institute found. But a recent study claims late-night cell phone radiation is what causes adolescent sleeplessness and confusion, to which parents have responded, “Yeah, right.”

* I use my cell’s backlight to find things in the dark. Am I weird?

Perhaps. But two-thirds of us do it, according to Sprint.

* Are cell phones killing off the bees?

Only if you close the lid on one.