Parents the world over warn us that eating before executing an epic belly flop into the pool results in debilitating cramps that impede our ability to stay afloat. When we do indulge in some poolside grub, they demand we wait at least 30 minutes before diving into...
When your home or apartment is so freakin hot that you feel swaddled in a wet rag that’s been microwaved on high; when sweat seems to be erupting out of your pores; when there is zero wind passing through your open windows — what the hell do...
Many powerful people are known for sleeping only four to five hours a night. The assumption is that getting by on just a few hours of sleep gives them a competitive edge. Now, several of these powerful people probably lied about how little sleep they need simply because...
It’s not uncommon to wake up and almost immediately do a big, window-rattling fart. A properly loud, blanket-lifting, room-filling fart, the kind that the neighbors can hear — one of those that changes the temperature of the room. The sort of fart you could knock ornaments off...
As well as being something you definitely wouldn’t want to live without, sweat is composed of five separate ingredients that we’ve broken down in the exact order they appear on the International Hyperhidrosis Society website. Oh, and one other thing: You’ll notice that “toxins” are nowhere on...
Behind maybe pizza, and the cheeseburger, and possibly fried chicken, no foodstuff is as universally beloved by humanity as pasta. Those luscious strands of flour, water and egg, that hearty sauce of (insert your favorite sauce here) — there’s a reason why many kids in America dine...
Let’s say you burnt off all the skin on your arm. You’re not exactly going to get all that skin back, but you’re not just going to have a festering barbeque for a limb forever, either. To a certain extent, smoking cigs is just repeatedly burning the lining...
About a year ago, a guy I dated for only a few months popped the question: “Where is all my toilet paper going?” Annoyed by the prospect of having to explain to a 37-year-old man why women wipe after they pee, I answered, “I’ve been eating it.”...
So you wanna go to the beach during COVID-19. Cool, great, seems like it should be fine. Unless, of course, you live somewhere like L.A., where you were previously only allowed to go to the beach so long as you want to park your car, walk straight into the ocean and walk...
There are a million reasons to ride your bike: Enhanced cardiovascular fitness; improved muscle strength and flexibility; increased joint mobility; reduced stress levels; upgraded posture and coordination; reinforced bones; decreased body fat levels; prevention (or management) of disease as well as reduced anxiety and depression. It’s also...
Over the past decade or so, I’ve gradually come to accept that my hairline is receding. I mean, I don’t know if acceptance is the right way to phrase it, but I’ve neither plummeted into a deep depression nor treated it, so I guess I’ve accepted it on some...
We, as humans, have pioneered a lot of technology over the centuries. There was the wheel — that was cool; the first system of celestial navigation — allowed us to travel the open oceans, natch; nuclear power — yeah, not going to go there. And then, of...
