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lift, thrust, squat

If you're going to lift weights at the gym today, please try not to accidentally give birth.

Inhaling pig brains is bad for you

It looks like there's a whole new interesting way to get neurological damage. Namely, inhalation of aerosolized pig brains.

"I'll Keep Having Babies Until I Have Twins"

... says mother of thirteen, with another bun in the oven. She also names her kids classy things like "Voorhees."

Shocking perfect vaginas

British doctors issue new warnings over surgeries to create perfect female genitalia. (no pics)

DIY for the sad gothlings

Any gothlings sad about losing their clove cigarettes can follow these illustrated instructions to make their own. The law's about the sale and distribution, not the making and smoking. (via bb.)

things to avoid: showers

If you're immunocompromised, your shower could kill you. Nearly a third of shower heads harbor Mycobacterium avium, which can cause nasty lung infections.

(Yet another) "Prescription for Irony"

"[...] a 65-year-old man opposed to health care reform struck another man who was trying to reach a MoveOn.org-backed pro-reform rally of 100 participants -- and had half his pinky finger bitten off in return. And, in a dramatic tour de force of socialized medicine, the victim was sent home by doctors after they reattached the digit -- all covered by his Medicare policy."

I wonder if this is less a coincidence, and more a statement.... Is it possible to have violent, rogue left-wingers? ;)

Prescription for Irony

A man protesting government health care started a fight at a town hall meeting. He recently lost his job and has no health insurance, so his friends have been forced to take up a collection to cover his medical bills. Really.

Something smells...

A Startling Upset Victory for the Cynics

Apparently, Self Help is *bad* for you!

You just cannot win in this topsy-turvy world!

Urban Tapeworms on the rise

Looks like the increasing popularity of sushi combined with modern practices of fish farming are increasing all of our chances to get a new intestinal friend.

Need To Disappear?

Through the miracle of cancer treatments, your fingerprints could just go away.

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