On June 8, 1948, Saskatchewan farmer Cecil George Harris fell off his tractor and became pinned beneath it. Fearing he might not survive, he used his pocket knife and his remaining strength to carve a will into the side of the tractor as it crushed his lower body into...
Cancelling plans is my Prozac. One minute, I’m pent up with anxiety about performing human activities in a social setting and the next minute, after sending a quick text along the lines of, “So sorry man, I’m not gonna make it,” it’s pure climactic release. Needless to...
Winter is nigh in Chicago, which has forced my girlfriend and me to layer our individual blankets and sleep… together. Ugh! Sharing blankets is awful. We do, in fact, like each other, but she’s a serial blanket thief with jimmy legs while I am a perfect sleeper. We...
Cold weather takes a lot of heat, and perhaps rightfully so: It’s slippery, it’s gloomy, it’s wet, it’s icy and it turns our bodies into sickly, dried-out raisin people. After all, there’s a reason why some animals just say “screw it” and hibernate through the winter. But...
You’re sitting at home, eyes glued to the screen as you binge through the latest season of the hottest new TV show. You hit the rewind button and go back 30 seconds, then you crank the volume to try to understand that last bit of forensic science...
The bigger the poop, the happier the pooper: This much I know to be true. It’s why MEL investigated whether a 15-pound poop is even possible — because they were jealous and wanted to know if that jealousy was justified. It’s also why we wrote about hangover poops (which are,...
Last year, I didn’t get a flu shot. It wasn’t because I don’t believe in them, or because I think that I’m an especially virile man whom illness cannot penetrate. I just forgot, or rather, I never really made it a priority. But I know how dangerous...
Daniel became desensitized to nudity when he joined the Marines at 18. “I had to shower with dozens of dudes,” he says. “I’m over it. I just lost the shame we build around our bodies when I realized that nobody cared and a body is just a...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
Dogs and dog lovers, rejoice: A recent study found that allowing your four-legged friend into the bedroom doesn’t worsen your sleep, contrary to what had previously been suspected. To come to this conclusion, researchers strapped 40 healthy adults and their dogs with sleep trackers for seven nights....
Despite what appears to be a steadily declining unemployment rate, the actual percentage of working-age Americans who have a job — or who are actively looking for one — continues to slump. This might sound counterintuitive: How can the unemployment rate drop if less and less people are...
In 1594, Italian physician and anatomist Gabriele Falloppio suggested that a linen cloth be soaked in chemicals, dried and then used as protection against syphilis. According to Spafe.com, 1,100 brave participants lined up to test out this first-of-its-kind condom, which was fastened onto the penis with ribbon. Hot! Fast...
