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Rapunzel Syndrome: When Your Stomach Keeps A Tail
There is a real, surgical thing called Rapunzel syndrome where people who pull and swallow their hair end up with a gripping, trailing stomach hairball - gross, sad, and wildly human.Read More
They Started A War Over A Pastry Bill
A French baker's complaint about his ransacked shop helped spark a 1838 blockade and the ridiculously named Pastry War-proper daft, but true.Read More
The Lobster That Apparently Screams (But Does Not)
People swear lobsters shriek when boiled; the noise is real, the scream is not - it is expanding air and steam, not a crustacean recital of agony.Read More
Ferrets Don't Get A Friend Pass In New York
Only in this town will your dog get a parade and your ferret get a ticket-New York quietly forbids pet ferrets inside the city limits.Read More