If your immediate reaction to cutting your finger open is to stick it in your mouth, know that you’re not alone. Wound-licking is an instinctive response not just in humans but in many animals: Dogs, cats, small rodents and primates all lick their wounds. There’s a good...
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.
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why it’s important to understand the basics of alligator wrestling; find out the difference between being attacked by a black bear and a brown...
Work sucks. But what sucks even more is being yelled at by your boss because you can’t focus on a dang thing. To help you hunker down and get back to work, we put together a “Get Back to Work” Spotify playlist, which is filled with songs...
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.
Electric toothbrushes are better than manual toothbrushes: Fact. An analysis of 56 different studies published in 2014 found that not only do electric toothbrushes reduce dental plaque by 21 percent more than manual toothbrushes, they reduce gingivitis by 11 percent more, too. There’s one downside of electric...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn why not getting your beauty sleep puts you in such a bad mood; find out why being tired is, medically speaking, not so different...
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.
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn which deeply unsexy animal inspired the idea of mermaids; find out why maps used to say “Here Be Dragons”; and discover why the Kraken...
2017 is on track to be the second hottest year on record, according to Climate Central, and it’s only expected to get hotter from here on out. One simple way to beat such heat is to never set foot outside ever again—an option that’s been considered by...
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.
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s weekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone; find out what misshaped weirdness is going down at Saturn’s North pole; and discover...