You’ve surely heard the urban legend about how we swallow 10 or so spiders while sleeping over our lives. Fortunately, that’s not true. Most animals want nothing to do with your gaping, snoozing maw. This bat obviously didn’t get that memo, though. Dr. Krista Edelman had a nightmarish wake-up recently. Her harmless, if a bit …
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The loss of human life is a tragedy, but it does make for a good story. Some of the most popular tales ever written are absolutely littered with cruel and unusual deaths. However, you don’t need to go into the realm of fantasy to find bizarre ways to die. Some people die in just such …
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You should never ignore the risks animals can pose to you when you’re out and about in the great outdoors. Indeed, most people will be on the lookout for bears, cougars, wolves, runaway dogs, moose, and the like. However, you shouldn’t ignore smaller and more timid critters. A beast as unintimidating as a beaver can …
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A popular urban myth states that Coca-Cola (and other similar drinks) will dissolve a tooth within days. While that’s not true, cola drinks are acidic, and drinking too much can damage your teeth. But their acidity may have beneficial effects as well, as this woman’s case demonstrates. A Massachusetts woman reported to a hospital with …
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You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover or a crime scene by first impressions. That’s certainly true in this case, where Alabama police found a couple dead in the woods. What originally seemed like the result of some kind of tragic accident turned out to be something entirely different. It was murder. The bodies …
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Scientific experimentation is fundamental to advancing our understanding of the world around us. But those experiments can be strange or even horrifying at times. Researchers across history have organized funny, mind-boggling, and revolting studies alike to test out their ideas. Sometimes the results have been worth it. Other times… Less so. Here’s a collection of …
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Harvesting wild mushrooms for food is a risky game if you don’t know what you’re doing. Many fatally dangerous fungi look virtually identical to perfectly harmless ones. Confusing them may have irreversible consequences. Californian authorities would really, really like it if Golden State residents learned this lesson. Unusually wet weather has caused mushrooms to… Well, …
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They say the eyes are the windows of the soul. But you can see a lot of other things in the eyes, too. To be perfectly honest, our eyes are a little freaky. In some ways, human eyes are some of the sharpest in nature, and there’s a lot that goes on in those balls …
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Suddenly getting touched in an unexpected place is sure to make your heart jump. But it can apparently also slow it down. The hero of our story can vouch for that. A young man from New York suddenly developed heart palpitations, with his heart racing at a dangerously high rate. He was taken to a …
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You have an ailment and nothing the doctors do seems to cure it. At that point, you might consider turning to some alternative medicine practices. Some of them have a grain of truth to them and may provide some relief. Some are practiced earnestly but do nothing, and some are malicious plots designed to extract …
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