Every time I stay at a hotel, I’m forced to navigate a mystery set of soaps and cleaning tools — usually, a bar of soap and a washcloth. I may not be sophisticated enough to own a dopp kit, but I am a longtime member of Team...
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Bad breath is the worst: It ends dates, turns your masks all stinky and makes it virtually impossible for anyone to focus on the actual words coming out of your mouth. What’s extra annoying is that it’s really tough to tell whether or not you have it...
Manscaping is an activity that comes with a few risks. While accidentally slicing off your berry basket is unlikely (especially if you know what you’re doing), looking bizarre after only shaving certain parts of your body can easily happen. So, is the hairier man doomed to trimming...
For some folks it’s prune juice, for some it’s the vigorous introduction of a suppository — for others, it’s cigarettes and/or coffee that finally motivates their bowels across the fecal finish line. “You know what I miss about smoking?” writes one redditor. “Having my morning coffee and...
Working from home — with no obligation to appear in the presence of other people besides my fiancée — has thrown my grooming habits into disarray. I no longer get haircuts or shave on the regular. Most days, I just look in the mirror and think, Oof, you need...
While people in medieval times weren’t quite as filthy as we tend to think, they certainly weren’t clean by today’s standards. Here’s what keeping clean looked like back in the olden days. Bathing: The Devil’s Work Prior to the Middles Ages, bathing was a pretty popular pastime....
If someone is told to take a cold shower in a TV show or movie, 99 percent of the time it’s because that someone is too horny and needs to (literally) chill out. Whether that’s actually true hasn’t been confirmed — turns out most scientists have better...
Belly buttons can be filled with any number of things: Dirt, sweat, lint and maybe even some jewelry if that’s what you’re into. But a 2012 study, appropriately titled, A Jungle in There: Bacteria in Belly Buttons are Highly Diverse, but Predictable, found that our tummy holes...
The human body is capable of expelling various offensive aromas (something we’re all unfortunately extremely familiar with). But which of the two most prevalent stenches is the most unpleasant: Body odor or bad breath? Let’s take a scientific look to crown the officially nose-wrinkling king of stink....
Manscaping may keep you looking and smelling fresh, but it can also be dangerous — and we’re not talking about wince-inducing razor nicks. Trimming or shaving your pubic hair, for instance, may increase your chances of contracting STIs like herpes, HPV, genital warts, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and even...
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