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Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out just how many steps you have to climb to get to the mist-shrouded Tiger’s Nest Monastery; discover how to go on vacation inside...
Most of us work more than we live, which is to say we spend considerably more time at the office and with our coworkers than we do with the human beings we actually want in our lives. It also means that the stressors and anxieties of work...
February 17, 2017
You probably have a vague idea that your semen contains a few things besides sperm, but you might be shocked at the extent of that mysterious “other stuff” category. In fact, your special sauce contains a laundry list of ingredients, each with its own important function. The...
Since the dawn of time — or at least since the dawn of The Howard Stern Show and Reddit — men of smallish flaccid penises have sworn that there’s serious truth to the claim, “I’m a grower, not a shower.” Showers, like Jon Hamm, have large flaccid penises that don’t increase...
Eric Ravussin, among the world’s foremost obesity experts, offers a single anecdote he believes perfectly captures how poorly Americans think about adding physical activity into their everyday lives. He and his three children were living in Arizona in the early 1980s. The kids’ school was just a...
February 16, 2017
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out how long Professor Stephen Hawking thinks we have left to get off this planet before we go extinct; how many potentially habitable planets...
February 15, 2017
Danny Cahill weighed in at 430 pounds when Biggest Loser Season 8 began in 2009. Over the course of 13 episodes and nearly seven months, he lost 239 pounds to win the contest. But in the seven years since, he’s regained about 100 of the lost pounds....
February 14, 2017
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Rayne Parvis, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little better. In this edition, we’re...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
Over the past year, MEL has interviewed 11 people who paid off large amounts of debt. We started the project — which became our personal finance series Into the Black — in May to learn more about the different means by which people make their way out of debt. America is...
February 13, 2017
Acne sucks. What sucks even more is that it seemingly targets some of our most visible body parts: Our face, our chest and our upper back (so fun during beach season!) Why is that, though? It’s not like those areas are any more dirty or sweaty than...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, we look at which organs can grow back by themselves (the most impressive of which is one only women have); how close we are to...