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Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

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Nur Ibrahim

July 28, 2023 The dubious anecdote has proliferated on the internet and in books for decades.

What Weighs More: a Pound of Muscle or Fat?

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Sarah Baum

July 18, 2023 It's time for a quick math lesson.

Does Stepping on a Rusty Nail Cause Tetanus?

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Alex Kasprak

May 7, 2018 Although puncturing one's skin with a nail that has been in contact with the soil is a risk fact ...

A group of teeth are shown. They are all slightly yellow.

Does This Picture Show a Case of Hyperdontia?

Written by:

Dan Evon

Feb. 4, 2019 Hyperdontia is a genuine medical condition, but take a close look at these images.

HIstorical photograph of two boys exposed to smallpox, one who had been vaccinated and one who had not.

Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?

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Dan Evon

June 13, 2018 In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of vaccina ...

Is This a Real Hand With Eight Fingers?

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Dan Evon

May 3, 2018 A set of images purportedly show a rare congenital syndrome called "ulnar dimelia," also known a ...

Did a Man Receive a $153,000 Hospital Bill After a Failed Selfie With a Rattlesnake?

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Alex Kasprak

April 27, 2018 Venomous rattlesnake bites can be notoriously expensive to treat, thanks mainly to high drug cos ...

Did an Australian Teen Get Attacked by Flesh-Eating Sea Bugs?

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Alex Kasprak

Aug. 7, 2017 The 16-year-old was likely bitten by an unusually large number of sea fleas -- not sea lice, as ...

Was a Singaporean Woman Injured While Photocopying Her Breasts?

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Dan MacGuill

June 1, 2017 A dubious new web site published a fabricated story that lacked proper sourcing.

Is the Human Body Like a Battery With a Finite Amount of Energy?

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Alex Kasprak

May 18, 2017 Biographers say President Trump gave up exercise in college so as not to expend his finite energ ...

Recalled Tampons Result in Bloody Exodus of Ants from Body

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Alex Kasprak

Oct. 17, 2016 A chilling account of a gruesome illness caused by recalled tampons is merely a work of horror f ...

Reverse Cavities and Heal Tooth Decay with Vitamin D

Written by:

Alex Kasprak

Oct. 15, 2016 Alternative health websites tout the idea that a diet rich in vitamin D can help regrow material ...

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Lungs of Man Who Smoked a Pack of Cigarettes Every Day for 30 Years?

Girl Became Pregnant After Being Stabbed in the Stomach Following Oral Sex?

CDC Redacted Study on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination?

Did the CDC Release Redacted Study on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination?

Pic Shows Human 'Ghost Heart'?

Did the Word 'Gauze' Originate from Gaza?

Strange Red 'Sores' on Trump's Hand Mystify Internet, Then Disappear

The Surprisingly Bloody History of the Barber Pole

Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

What Weighs More: a Pound of Muscle or Fat?

Does Stepping on a Rusty Nail Cause Tetanus?

Does This Picture Show a Case of Hyperdontia?

Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?

Is This a Real Hand With Eight Fingers?

Did a Man Receive a $153,000 Hospital Bill After a Failed Selfie With a Rattlesnake?

Did an Australian Teen Get Attacked by Flesh-Eating Sea Bugs?

Was a Singaporean Woman Injured While Photocopying Her Breasts?

Is the Human Body Like a Battery With a Finite Amount of Energy?

Recalled Tampons Result in Bloody Exodus of Ants from Body

Reverse Cavities and Heal Tooth Decay with Vitamin D