Danvers State Hospital in Massachusetts has a haunted history, dating back to 1874. This is also the sight where the Salem Witch Trials judge John Hathorne once lived. The first lobotomy was performed there in 1948, and soon electric shock therapy in the 1950s. Although huge, the Danvers building was once very overcrowded, with original …
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TikTok gets a bad rap — and we’re going out on a leg and saying it’s fully deserved. It seems like every week a new trend or challenge on the platform tries to outdo the previous ones in stupidity. If you think we’re exaggerating, just consider how many stories we’ve published about kids injuring themselves …
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You can absolutely have too much of a good thing. That stand for everything — even the stuff that’s supposed to make us healthier. A man from the U.K. recently found that out the hard way. For months, he had been struggling with serious health issues and couldn’t figure out why. When he finally ended …
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Remember what your parents taught you — if you’re about to get down and dirty, wrap it up. And if they didn’t give you that talk, let this story serve as an important lesson. Earlier this year, an Austrian man in his 50s went on a trip to Cambodia. When he returned home, he brought …
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A lot of places around the world are gradually starting to legalize cannabis. And as far as psychoactive drugs go, weed is one of the milder ones. But that doesn’t mean that it can’t mess with your brain with unfortunate results. Let this bizarre and gruesome story of an Indian man serve as a cautionary …
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This is your first and last chance to escape. Believe us, this story will get disgusting. If you’re still reading, let’s a little stroll down Memory Lane. Parasitic worms have plagued humanity as long as there have been humans — and in ages past people even infected themselves with them for dieting. Luckily, modern medicine …
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We’ve all inhaled something we’re not supposed to at one point or another. And you know how that usually ends — you cough your lungs out until the foreign object leaves your airways. Sometimes, though, the intruder never leaves and we learn to live with it until doctors discover it years later. That’s when you …
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Two years ago, a Brazilian mother gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. But he was blessed (or cursed) with twice the masculinity of your average boy. The baby was born with two penises. Although being double-membered didn’t cause any issues for the baby, the parents wanted their child to have more… Conventional genitalia. So, …
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It’s always good to love yourself. But this young fellow pushed the act of self-love to the breaking point. A recent case report, published in the journal Radiology Case Reports, details the story of a 20-year-old man from Switzerland. He managed to land himself in the hospital with a torn lung and air inside his …
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Getting bitten by… Well, anything is not something that most people want. But most of us will get bitten by something or other throughout our lives. Usually, that’s not a big deal — patch yourself up and you’re good to go. That, of course, depends completely on what happens to bite you. Here’s a list …
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