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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Is there anything better than going to sleep after a long, exhausting day? You crawl into bed, pull the blanket to your ears, close your eyes, and drift off. That’s not a pleasure Oliver Alvis gets to enjoy. The British man claims that he hasn’t gotten a wink of sleep for nearly two years. One …
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There could be something medically wrong with you even if you never knew a thing. For instance, you could carry and spread the flu or COVID-19 virus without having a single symptom. Or you could live for years with a knife in your chest cavity and never notice a thing. That’s what a man from …
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There’s so much who-knows-what in the foods we eat. Frankly, it’s not always a bad idea to cut back on the bad stuff and eat a healthier diet. That said, when altering your eating habits, you should seek advice from a professional to ensure that your new diet is actually healthy. And as this case …
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Cranking the hog, spanking the monkey, flicking the bean… There are a lot of words for exploring your own nether regions because everybody does it. And hey, appreciating your own body is all fun and games. Until it isn’t. Sometimes, thing can go way south while bashing the bishop. Maybe you got too adventurous or …
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The human brain is a miracle. It has created wonderful works of art, picked apart the mysteries of the universe, and put a human being on the moon. That’s even more impressive when you consider that our brains are incredibly stupid. We’ve told you before that your brain is a lazy liar. However, it does …
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Most people don’t enjoy having to give a urine sample at a doctor’s office. Still, it can be a vital diagnostic tool, so occasionally you just have to pee in a plastic container. That said, you shouldn’t do that unless a doctor tells you to. And you certainly shouldn’t bring your homemade urine sample with …
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Archeologists pry open the long-forgotten tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh, quickly distributing its contents and the Pharaoh’s mummy to museums around the world. Shortly thereafter, however, the intruders start dropping dead one by one from a mysterious disease. The Pharaoh’s curse has struck! It sounds like the plot of a B-class horror movie, but this …
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