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10 Juicy Facts About Mary Astor’s Purple Diary, Old Hollywood's Most Infamous Sex Scandal

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10 Juicy Facts About Mary Astor’s Purple Diary, Old Hollywood's Most Infamous Sex Scandal

6 Common Misconceptions About Endometriosis

It's not just about pelvic pain or bad periods.

6 Common Misconceptions About Endometriosis

12 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for 19th-Century Girls

John Harvey Kellogg had some particular advice for 19th-century girls like this.

12 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for 19th-Century Girls

Unusual Half-Male, Half-Female Northern Cardinal Spotted in Pennsylvania

A not-so-rare male cardinal.

Unusual Half-Male, Half-Female Northern Cardinal Spotted in Pennsylvania

20 TV Shows You Should Never Watch With Your Parents

Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor in Bridgerton.

11 Marriage Proposal Mishaps

Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower photographed in 1957.

10 Strange Sex Laws in the United States

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The World's Tiniest Reptile Has Disproportionately Large Genitals

Brookesia nana is an anatomical marvel.

10 Facts About NXIVM and The Vow, HBO's True Crime Docuseries

Sarah Edmondson in a scene from The Vow (2020).

17 Euphemisms for Sex From the 1800s

He's probably suggesting they engage in some amorous congress.

The Grandson of Warren G. Harding's Mistress Wants to Prove His Presidential Lineage—By Exhuming Harding's Body

Warren G. Harding looking dapper in June 1920.

A Stroke of Genius: New Research Shows That Sperm Don’t Slither—They Corkscrew

Sperm have been duping us for nearly 350 years.

New Study Suggests That Raphael Died from Bloodletting and Pneumonia—Not Syphilis

Fever in the mornin', fever all through the night.

20 Eye-Opening Facts About Eyes Wide Shut

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Map Shows How Everyone Blamed Syphilis on Everyone Else

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse by Rembrandt van Rijn. De Lairesse, a painter and art theorist, had congenital syphilis that deformed his face and eventually blinded him.

Study: Women Are Less Attracted to Men Who Have Cats In Their Dating Profile Pics

Cats can ruin a relationship before it even gets started, according to science.