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5 Real-Life Horrors About Your Favorite Cartoon Characters
Mickey Mouse’s ears are almost certainly overflowing with mites and bloody from his own self-mutilation
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4 5 Absolute Units of Normally Tiny Animals
I don’t think those fish-food flakes are going to cut it
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- By Eli Yudin
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Potatoes Are Secretly Very, Very Poisonous
It’s safe right now, but the poison is just itching to reveal itself
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Ways the U.S. Government Is Obsessed With Poop
Get your mind out of the gutter, government!
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- By Eli Yudin
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Actually, Gravity Is Giving You Diarrhea
It seems to put you way too down in the dumps
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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No F—ing Way: No Matter Where You Travel in the World, Swear Words Sound the Same
Turns out you don’t need a translator for ‘dumbass tourist’
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Your Cousin Isn’t Oversharing on Facebook, He’s ‘Sad-Fishing’
That’s not a social media post, it’s emotional blackmail
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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A Guy Ate A Pepper So Hot That It Ripped A Hole in His Throat
Yes, spicy vomit can kill you
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- By Ryan Menezes
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4 Comforting Facts About Uncomfortable Subjects
Look on the very slightly brighter side of life!
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 American Foods Deemed Unfit for Human Consumption Overseas
This pig was killed after it got so sick it couldn’t stand up, but the meat should be fine
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- By Eli Yudin
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One of the Most Famous Techniques for Spotting Lies Is Also a Big, Fat Lie
Liars aren’t so easily unmasked, sadly
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Infidelity Can Be Self-Care for Women
A new study suggests that cheating may have mental-health benefits for women in committed relationships, but the exact opposite was true for men
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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This Plant Will Make You Starve — No Matter How Much You Eat
Won’t help you burn fat, though. It just kills you
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- By Ryan Menezes
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You’re Not Neurotic. It’s Just Your High Blood Pressure Talking
A new study warns that your mental health problems may not be in your head, but coursing through your veins instead.
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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5 Lies Shark Week Taught Us, According to Science
Every shark ever has not been killed for shark-fin soup
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- By Eli Yudin
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