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Microplastics Have Been Discovered In Human Breast Milk For The First Time

A study in Rome revealed that 75 percent of new mothers had microplastics in their breast milk a week after giving birth.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 13, 2022

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Microplastics Have Been Discovered In Human Breast Milk For The First Time

A study in Rome revealed that 75 percent of new mothers had microplastics in their breast milk a week after giving birth.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 13, 2022

New Zealand Just Announced A Plan To Tax Cow Farts In Order To Fight Climate Change

As part of a plan to fight climate change, New Zealand leaders are proposing a tax on the greenhouse gases emitted by farm animals.

By Austin Harvey • Oct 12, 2022

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New Zealand Just Announced A Plan To Tax Cow Farts In Order To Fight Climate Change

As part of a plan to fight climate change, New Zealand leaders are proposing a tax on the greenhouse gases emitted by farm animals.

By Austin Harvey • October 12, 2022

44 Photos That Show The Brutal Reality Of Mid-Century America’s Polio Epidemics

Polio epidemics plagued America as early as the 1890s, but by far the most destructive outbreak occurred in 1952 — leaving tens of thousands paralyzed, in iron lungs, or dead.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 25, 2022

44 Photos That Show The Brutal Reality Of Mid-Century America’s Polio Epidemics

Polio epidemics plagued America as early as the 1890s, but by far the most destructive outbreak occurred in 1952 — leaving tens of thousands paralyzed, in iron lungs, or dead.

By Austin Harvey • September 25, 2022

British Travel Blogger Visits 91 Countries In Search Of The World’s Worst Toilet — And He Says He’s Found It

Graham Askey visited 91 nations in search of the world's worst toilet and claims to have found it in Tajikistan.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 23, 2022

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British Travel Blogger Visits 91 Countries In Search Of The World’s Worst Toilet — And He Says He’s Found It

Graham Askey visited 91 nations in search of the world's worst toilet and claims to have found it in Tajikistan.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 23, 2022

Inside The Horrifying History Of The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was supposed to be a place of peace and restoration, but it soon devolved into madness and mayhem — and the spirits of tormented patients allegedly still haunt its halls today.

By Katie Serena • Sep 2, 2022

Inside The Horrifying History Of The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was supposed to be a place of peace and restoration, but it soon devolved into madness and mayhem — and the spirits of tormented patients allegedly still haunt its halls today.

By Katie Serena • September 2, 2022

The True Story Of Christopher Duntsch, The Killer Surgeon Known As ‘Dr. Death’

Routinely performing surgery under the influence of cocaine and LSD, Dr. Christopher Duntsch severely injured most of his patients — and in two cases, killed them.

By Caroline Redmond • Sep 1, 2022

The True Story Of Christopher Duntsch, The Killer Surgeon Known As ‘Dr. Death’

Routinely performing surgery under the influence of cocaine and LSD, Dr. Christopher Duntsch severely injured most of his patients — and in two cases, killed them.

By Caroline Redmond • September 1, 2022

Romans Ate This ‘Miracle Plant’ To Extinction 2,000 Years Ago — Now A Scientist Says He’s Rediscovered It

Silphium was incredibly popular as a contraceptive, but it supposedly also helped to prevent disease and make food taste better.

By Katie Serena • Aug 27, 2022

Romans Ate This ‘Miracle Plant’ To Extinction 2,000 Years Ago — Now A Scientist Says He’s Rediscovered It

Silphium was incredibly popular as a contraceptive, but it supposedly also helped to prevent disease and make food taste better.

By Katie Serena • August 27, 2022

Why Did ‘Toxic Lady’ Gloria Ramirez Make Everyone Around Her Sick?

Just 45 minutes after arriving at a California hospital on February 19, 1994, Gloria Ramirez was pronounced dead — but strange fumes from her body inexplicably made her doctors sick.

By William DeLong • Aug 20, 2022

Why Did ‘Toxic Lady’ Gloria Ramirez Make Everyone Around Her Sick?

Just 45 minutes after arriving at a California hospital on February 19, 1994, Gloria Ramirez was pronounced dead — but strange fumes from her body inexplicably made her doctors sick.

By William DeLong • August 20, 2022

Meet Amou Haji, The World’s Dirtiest Man — Who Didn’t Bathe For Seven Decades

Amou Haji of Dejgah, Iran claimed that cleanliness causes illness and that his avoidance of bathing was the reason he managed to live to 94 without any major health problems.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 18, 2022

Meet Amou Haji, The World’s Dirtiest Man — Who Didn’t Bathe For Seven Decades

Amou Haji of Dejgah, Iran claimed that cleanliness causes illness and that his avoidance of bathing was the reason he managed to live to 94 without any major health problems.

By Erin Kelly • August 18, 2022

The Life And Death Of George Tiller, The Abortion Provider Who Was Murdered Because He Refused To Close His Clinic

Anti-abortion activists spent years trying to shut down Dr. George Tiller's clinic, which was one of the only places in the nation that provided late-term abortions — until one extremist shot him in the head while he was at church in 2009.

By Jessica O'Connor • Jul 23, 2022

The Life And Death Of George Tiller, The Abortion Provider Who Was Murdered Because He Refused To Close His Clinic

Anti-abortion activists spent years trying to shut down Dr. George Tiller's clinic, which was one of the only places in the nation that provided late-term abortions — until one extremist shot him in the head while he was at church in 2009.

By Jessica O'Connor • July 23, 2022