Everyone’s heard of wanting to take home your wisdom teeth after they’ve been yanked from your mouth, but an entire leg? Earlier this month, my colleague John McDermott had many questions about a man who served his friends tacos made from the flesh of his own amputated...
If you’re a guy who’s ever had a UTI, chances are your first instinct was to get checked for an STI. But once you found out that it’s just a pesky urinary tract infection, you were instructed by nearly everyone in the close circle of friends you...
In the interest of looking beach-ready, you may well be thinking about embarking upon a regular plan of at least the G (gym) and T (tan) in GTL. But if you’re vaguely aware that the sun is bad for your bare skin and wondering, “How can I...
Beyond the classic quandary—to tuck or untuck—the button-down shirt also brings with it another conundrum: How many buttons should remain unbuttoned? This is especially true at the dawn of summer when skin of any kind can seem more exposed than intended and everyone is showing a bit...
Growing up, it wasn’t uncommon for my dad to tell me to pull my head out of my butt — it was his way of saying, “Use your brain.” Well, dad, turns out I was using my brain, because according to new research, we all have a second brain...
A lot of people believe this old wives’ remedy, so first, it’s important to know where this pee-theory began. According to Science News, the legend of pee sterility began in the 1950s, when epidemiologist Edward Kass was trying to figure out a way to screen patients with...
In a pee-holding contest between man and frog, man stands no chance — at least, not when it comes to the wood frog. According to Newser, this iron-bladdered frog can hold its urine for up to eight months during the winter. According to Luis Villazon, a writer at Science...
Wedding season, apart from probably being the only time you don a tuxedo, is inevitably the time you’ll be forced to hang out with family members you’ve spent the majority of your life trying to avoid. Maybe it’s the uncle who assumes the role of the “funny...
These days, just about anything that’s slightly used and more than a few years old will be slapped with a wildly optimistic price tag and marked as “vintage.” Be it that screenprinted Rush T-shirt, a table with a few missing legs or even a used spatula, labeling an...
It pays to be a jerk. That’s according to new research from the University of Copenhagen, which found that being a “nice guy” means you’re more likely to earn less money in your career after the age of 30. “I find that men’s earnings are not affected...
Last month, a Florida man died after his vape pen exploded in his face. According to the New York Times, this marked the first death by a vaping product in the U.S. “The man, Tallmadge D’Elia, was at his home in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 5...
Your sperm wasn’t built for this world, its lifespan mostly cut short by the elements. And even if it does make its way inside of a woman’s body to make that long and arduous journey, it’s still only got around a one in 200 million shot at...