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You’re Probably Not Replacing Your Toothbrush Often Enough

They've reached retirement age.

You’re Probably Not Replacing Your Toothbrush Often Enough

Hair in Your Food Is Gross—But Is It Dangerous to Your Health?

A hairy situation in more ways than one.

Hair in Your Food Is Gross—But Is It Dangerous to Your Health?

Is It Possible to Burp and Fart at the Same Time?

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Is It Possible to Burp and Fart at the Same Time?

What Happened to the White Dog Poop That Used to Be Everywhere?

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What Happened to the White Dog Poop That Used to Be Everywhere?

20 Latin Words for Not-So-Lovely Things

Cloaca just ... sounds better.

How Are Porta Potties Cleaned?

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If You’re Eating Icicles, You’re Eating Bird Poop

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Baby Boom: Remembering the Baby Alive Toy Fad of the 1980s

Baby Alive became a number-one toy seller by going number two.

Blubber Boom: Reliving the Disastrous Tale of Oregon's Exploding Whale—50 Years Later

Oregon came up with a combustible solution for their dead whale problem.

What Happens When You Let a Glass of Soda Sit Out for 3 Months? This Timelapse Shows You (and It's Not Pretty)

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Why Do Prunes Make You Poop?

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Rare 16th-Century Textiles and Manuscripts Pulled Out of Giant Rat Nests in English Manor House

A gold-embossed religious text from the 15th century.

15 Fascinating Facts About Fatbergs

A piece of fatberg from the sewer systems under London's Whitechapel neighborhood on display at the Museum of London. And if you think this piece is gross, you should have seen the fatberg when it was in the sewer.

Take a Virtual Ride on Hundeprutterutchebane, Denmark’s Infamous ‘Dog Fart’ Rollercoaster

Denmark’s Infamous "Dog Fart" Rollercoaster.

Here's What a Man Found After Opening a 25-Year-Old Can of Spider-Man Pasta

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May Cause Anal Leakage: The Olestra Fat-Free Snack Controversy of the 1990s

Consumers could go through bags of Frito-Lay's fat-free chips. Then the bag would go right through them.