The smell of cinnamon is intimately connected to Christmas, which apparently means you should expect a chub all season long. A 2014 study found that the mere scent of cinnamon increases blood flow to the penis by 20 percent. The initial reasoning isn’t totally outlandish, either: “The...
There’s a stark difference between being swole and being swollen. For one, being swole is an understandably desirable state for some bros, as was explained to contributing writer Oliver Lee Bateman earlier this year. “‘Swole,’ meanwhile, seems like a classic erection reference, ‘jacked’ likewise — the body...
As an adamant lover of all fruits, stumbling upon this Reddit thread that chronicles the strange case of someone who, after 38 years of peacefully enjoying fruit, abruptly developed an allergy to them, summoned fear deep within my heart. Hold onto your beloved fruits tightly as I...
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,...
Self-improvement is rarely exciting, because cutting out your favorite indulgences is no one’s idea of a thrill. Pondering the suggestion to just substitute your burger for a big bowl of vegetarian chili, or park farther away from the grocery store to get more free walkin’ in does not...
My eyes spotted the bowl of pho emerging through the kitchen doors, leaving a tail of fragrant steam as it floated past a dozen diners and settled gently on the table in front of me. In that moment, I forgot what my girlfriend and I were chatting...
Let me preface this by saying that I’d drink beer all day and all night if it wasn’t for the fact that, apparently, that’s not so good for the whole staying-alive-and-healthy thing. Quite apart from the destructive drunken rampages that accompany pounding beers like I just spent...
Cold turkey — the classic, all-in method of quitting something suddenly and totally — is a term supposedly coined by heroin addicts. It takes its name from the combination of goosebumps and “cold, clammy skin” during withdrawal that makes people feel like a slab of turkey straight...
In 2014, the word “turducken” entered the Merriam-Webster dictionary, becoming part of the “official” lexicon. But people from New Orleans — where the term was coined — weren’t bursting with local pride: Instead, they were asking, “What took so long?” “The first time a triple-roast of deboned...
What do you mean, gorging on candied yams, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, all in close quarters with grandpa, football blaring in the background, surrounded by nine cousins, doesn’t make you want to have sex? While not often considered the sexiest of holidays, it’s true that Thanksgiving...
Taken at their word, the USDA’s official recommendations for dealing with leftovers seem designed to scare Americans into tossing out perfectly good food. “Discard any leftovers that have been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature,” the federal agency advises, and “leftovers can [only]...
Forty-one-year-old Mike Roman recently appeared on the New Theory podcast to discuss his penchant for pizza, which has apparently caused him to eat at least one slice for dinner every single day for the last 37 years (and counting). On the podcast, Roman explains that his daily...