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Before-And-After Photos Of Plastic Surgery’s Early Days

Before it became predominantly associated with celebrity nips and tucks, plastic surgery was about saving lives. The medical procedure would change a person’s life – not by giving them a little extra confidence, but by making it possible to walk outside again. On some level, plastic surgery has been around...

By Mark Oliver Mar 23, 2017

Before-And-After Photos Of Plastic Surgery’s Early Days

Before it became predominantly associated with celebrity nips and tucks, plastic surgery was about saving lives. The medical procedure would change a person’s life – not by giving them a little extra confidence, but by making it possible to walk outside again. On some level, plastic surgery has been around...

By Mark Oliver March 23, 2017

History of Hangover Cures: Bizarre Solutions to a Universal Problem

People have been getting sloshed, pissed, wasted, hammered, and bumpsy (as they would say in 1611) ever since an unknown genius discovered fermentation in ancient times. And with these millennia of drunken nights inevitably came millions of seriously brutal mornings. With that in mind, here are some of the craziest...

By All That's Interesting Jan 26, 2017

History of Hangover Cures: Bizarre Solutions to a Universal Problem

People have been getting sloshed, pissed, wasted, hammered, and bumpsy (as they would say in 1611) ever since an unknown genius discovered fermentation in ancient times. And with these millennia of drunken nights inevitably came millions of seriously brutal mornings. With that in mind, here are some of the craziest...

By All That's Interesting January 26, 2017

More Than 800 U.S. Victims Of Forced Sterilization Found To Be Still Living

For decades, forced sterilization was legal in dozens of U.S. states. A recently-discovered filing cabinet shines light on how racist the program was.

By John Kuroski Jan 24, 2017
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More Than 800 U.S. Victims Of Forced Sterilization Found To Be Still Living

For decades, forced sterilization was legal in dozens of U.S. states. A recently-discovered filing cabinet shines light on how racist the program was.

By John Kuroski January 24, 2017

31 Inappropriate And Outdated Government Posters Warning People About STDs

During World War I, STDs put 18,000 servicemen in the hospital every single day. Indeed, as lonely servicemen sent overseas often filled their spare time with female companionship, the likes of syphilis and gonorrhea ran wild thanks to poor sexual hygiene and almost no sexual education. In the years that...

By All That's Interesting Dec 13, 2016

31 Inappropriate And Outdated Government Posters Warning People About STDs

During World War I, STDs put 18,000 servicemen in the hospital every single day. Indeed, as lonely servicemen sent overseas often filled their spare time with female companionship, the likes of syphilis and gonorrhea ran wild thanks to poor sexual hygiene and almost no sexual education. In the years that...

By All That's Interesting December 13, 2016

Unearthed Mummy Child Upends Scientists’ Beliefs About Smallpox

Smallpox has had a devastating history, from ancient Egypt to its worldwide eradication about 35 years ago, but a mummified child recently found in a Lithuanian crypt is rewriting the virus’ storied past. Teeming with the remains of the virus, the mummified child had been between the ages of two...

By All That's Interesting Dec 13, 2016
Science News

Unearthed Mummy Child Upends Scientists’ Beliefs About Smallpox

Smallpox has had a devastating history, from ancient Egypt to its worldwide eradication about 35 years ago, but a mummified child recently found in a Lithuanian crypt is rewriting the virus’ storied past. Teeming with the remains of the virus, the mummified child had been between the ages of two...

By All That's Interesting December 13, 2016
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