The vet bills started pouring in almost immediately after my girlfriend and I adopted our dog. He came with some parasitic worms (gross, I know), which required a $150(ish) vet visit and a $50(ish) dewormer. Shortly after that, he came down with an ear infection, so the...
“Why do I get pit stains?” you ask? Here’s the super simple answer: Aluminum. This is the active ingredient in most antiperspirants, and it chemically reacts with the protein in your sweat to cause underarm yellowing. Cotton shirts are also made up of protein, which only adds...
Eating before drinking is believed to be one of the best ways to avoid getting so drunk that you become the subject of a Lit song. But what and how much should you eat before boozing? First, it’s important to understand how a belly full of food...
The human body is filled to the brim with gallons of oozing substances that serve many varied and vital functions. This is something we’re all aware of on some level, and most of the time we’re perfectly happy to go about our day with all these liquids...
There was a time, before The Killers’ now infamous song lyric, that I would argue we were both human and dancer. The 20th century brimmed with those who could waltz and those who could twist. Either you could polka, tango or Charleston, or you could Cha Cha...
Shaving head hair completely off can be a daunting prospect, even when you’ve committed to the idea. How do you shave the parts you can’t see? How do you know when you’re finished? Aren’t you at risk of little fuzzy patches? That’s why we asked Tyree Hicks...
Juice is something of an anomaly. It generally contains healthy ingredients, like fruits and veggies, yet as we’ve seen time and again, the processes that these fruits and veggies undergo to become juice takes them out of the “healthy” category and into, at best, “meh?” For instance,...
First, let’s approach this question from the warner’s perspective. According to Cosmopolitan, as the person doing the warning, you need to ask yourself: Why are you doing this? “Are you just wanting to destroy his new relationship? You need to be sure that the only reason you...
No, you’re not going nuts — your toenails really do grow much more slowly than your fingernails. According to a study performed at the University of North Carolina, fingernails, on average, grow 3.47 millimeters a month. Toenails, on the other hand (or rather, foot), grow only 1.62...
The only thing worse than having acne-prone skin is shaving acne prone skin: It’s painful, it’s messy and it’s unfortunately something a whole lot of us have to deal with — studies indicate that between 40 and 55 percent of people between the ages of 20 and 40...
In the 17th century, knowing when to abandon a sinking ship was easy, due to the fact that the ship was quite literally sinking. Today, however, in a world overrun with modern-day corporate pirate ships, knowing when to bail on a failing start-up or collapsing legacy brand...
As anyone who’s ever had to traipse across the post-penis-ejaculating-inside-vagina minefield will tell you, not all pregnancy news is worthy of a high five. In fact, according to a Live Science report, at least 25 percent of women will decide they don’t want to have said child for any...
