You’ve shoveled all sorts of stuff into your mouth over the years, but why—of all consistencies and chemicals—do ice cold drinks hurt your teeth the most? We spoke to Dr. Matt Messina of the American Dental Association to find out. Why Teeth Are Sensitive to Cold First...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: Rein; Rain; Rail; Bail; Ball; Bell; Belt; Felt; Feet. ROMPECABEZA DOS: P=3, Q=9, R=7, S=1, T=5, U=8, V=4, W=6, X=2
Shame, it seems, is the cornerstone of all civilization. At least, that’s what I found out last week while researching the phenomenon of spitting in public. It began a few days ago when a British coworker admitted that, although he didn’t really know why, he spits every...
Early this month, it was reported that five of the six original Avengers actors celebrated the recent release of their newest film (and a decade of starring in Marvel movies) by picking up matching tattoos of a modified Avengers logo. This is the latest instance in a...
If God created man in his own image, then that means God may need a bath. That’s according to a study reported by the BBC last month, which states that more than half of the human body is made up of microscopic colonists and not, y’know — human stuff....
Do you want to be totally swole? Do you want to be absolutely jacked? Do you want to be utterly yoked out? If so, you have to consume a sufficient amount of protein (not too much, though). But before you start gnawing on steaks and snorting protein...
Perhaps you invested in the wrong cryptocurrency; perhaps you drank it all away at the local pub. Maybe you suffered a terrible event like a fire, or someone got sick and now you have to pay off their medical bills. Or it could be that you just...
Some cultures are just more accepting of farting than others. Australia, for example, where a recent court ruling declared that farting doesn’t constitute workplace bullying: “Justice Rita Zammit dismissed claims made by David Hingst, a contract administrator from Melbourne, who accused his supervisor, Greg Short, of bullying,”...
Each person who goes through the grieving process does so in their own unique way. Some may fill the void in their heart by filling the void in their stomach with comfort food. Others may turn to alcohol and/or drugs in a desperate attempt to forget their...
Every time you want to borrow money, it comes with an interest rate. This is, of course, the “price” of borrowing that money. But why is the interest rate for a mortgage different for that of an auto loan? Or a credit card? What makes them change,...
We’ve written before about the bizarrely complicated relationship between spicy food and dating, in which we discovered that women actually enjoy spicy food more than man (despite men claiming to enjoy it more). As for why anyone enjoys the sensation of their mouth catching fire in the...
It’s raining Viagra, hallelujah: An over-the-counter version of the popular erectile dysfunction medication is now widely available in England, and generic adaptations of the drug hit the American market late last year. These actions aim to make this erectile dysfunction medication more accessible (generic versions are significantly cheaper than their...
