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      Paging Dr. Freud: 8 Unusual Mental Illnesses

      There are only a certain number of ways to go crazy, and you can find most of them listed in the psychologist's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, currently in its fourth edition and commonly referred to as DSM-IV. But along

      Chris Weber

      Peanut Butter Diamonds, Air-Conditioned Shirts and On-Demand Amnesia

      Tiffany's? More like Jif-any's!: Researchers at Edinburgh University have created a way to make diamonds out of most carbon-based materials, including peanut butter. They create an oddly-named "stiletto heel effect" by squeezing material between the tips

      Jason Plautz

      Scott Adams and Spasmodic Dysphonia

      Dilbert creator Scott Adams was stricken in 2005 with a rare condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia, which prevented him from speaking in a normal voice. The condition is somewhat bizarre, because sufferers can sometimes sing or speak in unusual circumstan

      Chris Higgins

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