Every birth is a small miracle. Others, however, are a bit more miraculous than others. Late last year, Suze Lopez gave birth to a healthy boy. That was by no means given, considering that her pregnancy came with a slew of bizarre conditions. The most pressing of them was that her son grew outside the …
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Losing weight takes a lot of hard, grueling work. It can really help you commit if you have an inspiring story of weight loss, even from a stranger, to keep you motivated. Sadly, a poorly planned attempt to provide people with such a story recently claimed the life of a fitness coach. Dmitry Nuyanzin, a …
Babies can be difficult with their tendency to stick everything in their mouths. It can be a real challenge to keep your toddler from consuming stuff that’s not meant to be eaten. The one-year-old of this British family, however, takes it to a whole other level. Meet Junior Harry. He’s a spunky toddler who eats …
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France is famous for many things, including its culture and art, renowned cuisine, and — of course — wine. That last item on the list recently helped an unfortunate older cyclist survive a tremendous ordeal. And he did so in the most French way possible. Bicycling home from grocery store, a Frenchman in his seventies …
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Take a deep breath, hold it in… Exhale. Now do the same thing through your butt. Well, you obviously can’t do that, because your lungs are hooked up to a different orifice. However, a recent scientific breakthrough has demonstrated that breathing through your booty is not only possible, but safe. Butt breathing doesn’t involve drawing …
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What happens if a lethally venomous snake sinks its teeth into your flesh? Well, you’ll either get yourself into a hospital post-haste or you start hanging wings on your back. That is, unless you’re so drunk that you don’t give a hoot or a holler about some extra poison in your body. And you kill …
One of the strangest things about life is how easily it can end. Even the most innocuous things can end up killing you. For example, yawning really hard could spell your doom. Hayley Black is lucky in that she lived through her yawn-induced brush with the Grim Reaper. Almost 10 years ago, she woke up, …
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You don’t always understand how precious a good night’s sleep is until you can’t get it. If some issue starts taking a toll on your ability to rest, you’ll go to any lengths to get it fixed. Sometimes, though, people go to way to extreme lengths — like taping their mouths shut. Taping your mouth …
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Keeping your teeth clean is important. Not only does it prevent tooth decay, but it also keeps your breath from stinking like a rotten carcass. Brushing your teeth is a cinch with modern electric toothbrushes and advanced toothpastes. You can’t help but feel bad for the folks of the past who didn’t know how to …
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There are plenty of creatures out there that you really don’t want biting you. The list includes snakes, spiders, bats, lions, crocodiles — and humans. Why humans? That’s because human bites can be incredibly dangerous, as this unfortunate Turkish shopkeeper found out. Two masked robbers broke into a small store owned by the bite victim. …
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