Modern medicine can do some pretty miraculous stuff. Yet many dangers that kill people every year don’t need sci-fi technology to solve…
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Some fads hold on for decades—or at least as long as it takes us to realize that what we’re doing is dangerous.…
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We hear about people being burned at the stake, frozen, and crushed with unbelievable amounts of outside force. But what really happens…
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Abandoned places are captivating, as they often give us a direct glimpse of what life must have been like in the past.…
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Over time, plenty of place names have become attached to food. For example, Hamburg got the hamburger and Brussels got the Brussels…
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Explorers named the countries they discovered using a little bit of legend and a dash of superstition. Many of us know the…
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While people might worry about the health of organs like the heart, lungs, and liver, not many people think about their eyes.…
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Ah, ketchup—that wonderful and delicious condiment that Americans love. We love it so much that, on average, we consume about three bottles…
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It’s one of New York City’s most iconic structures, right up there with the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty.…
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Parasites, bacteria, and viruses have been the scourge of humanity as long as we have been here, but disease has reshaped our…