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From the innovative to the amazing, take a look at All That’s Interesting’s great articles on health!
From the innovative to the amazing, take a look at All That’s Interesting’s great articles on health!
Upton Sinclair investigated the Chicago meatpacking industry in the early 1900s and was appalled by what he saw — leading him to write America's most famous muckraking novel.
Upton Sinclair investigated the Chicago meatpacking industry in the early 1900s and was appalled by what he saw — leading him to write America's most famous muckraking novel.
The study suggests that the people of the Loma San Gabriel culture practiced poor sanitation, exposing themselves to parasites and bacteria.
The study suggests that the people of the Loma San Gabriel culture practiced poor sanitation, exposing themselves to parasites and bacteria.
As the AIDS epidemic ripped through the U.S. in the 1980s, Stephen Stucker became one of the first celebrities to go public with his diagnosis before succumbing to the disease in 1986.
As the AIDS epidemic ripped through the U.S. in the 1980s, Stephen Stucker became one of the first celebrities to go public with his diagnosis before succumbing to the disease in 1986.
Standing just 1 foot, 9.5 inches tall, Chandra Bahadur Dangi was the shortest man to ever live. After he was honored by Guinness World Records in 2012, the Nepalese farmer fulfilled his lifelong dream of traveling the globe.
Standing just 1 foot, 9.5 inches tall, Chandra Bahadur Dangi was the shortest man to ever live. After he was honored by Guinness World Records in 2012, the Nepalese farmer fulfilled his lifelong dream of traveling the globe.
Michelle Philpots starts each day with no memory of the day before, the result of a rare variety of amnesia which helped inspire the 2004 film "50 First Dates."
Michelle Philpots starts each day with no memory of the day before, the result of a rare variety of amnesia which helped inspire the 2004 film "50 First Dates."
From President Cleveland's tumor to Albert Einstein's brain, the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia holds an array of macabre anatomical curiosities.
From President Cleveland's tumor to Albert Einstein's brain, the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia holds an array of macabre anatomical curiosities.
A 2010 investigation of Dr. Kermit Gosnell's clinic in West Philadelphia revealed that he and his staff not only provided illegal late-term abortions, but also killed viable newborns after birth by cutting their spines with scissors.
A 2010 investigation of Dr. Kermit Gosnell's clinic in West Philadelphia revealed that he and his staff not only provided illegal late-term abortions, but also killed viable newborns after birth by cutting their spines with scissors.
From dust pneumonia to "black blizzards," Kansas suffered greatly during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s — and it took years for the state to recover.
From dust pneumonia to "black blizzards," Kansas suffered greatly during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s — and it took years for the state to recover.
New research suggests that our sense of taste and smell are actually linked through our tongue first and not our brain.
New research suggests that our sense of taste and smell are actually linked through our tongue first and not our brain.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania isolated select molecules from the fungus Aspergillus flavus and turned them into a "cancer-killing compound that rivals FDA-approved drugs."
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania isolated select molecules from the fungus Aspergillus flavus and turned them into a "cancer-killing compound that rivals FDA-approved drugs."
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