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Back in 1796, Edward Jenner took blister material from someone infected with cowpox, and used that material to protect someone from getting the deadly disease smallpox. Testing out his theory on several children including his own 11-month-old son (who survived), this was the first example of an arm-to-arm inoculation, and…
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When people undergo plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons, they usually have the intention of somehow "improving" their appearance. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way. Jennifer, a 40-year-old woman from Fort Lauderdale in Florida, recently underwent a rhinoplasty in order to change the shape of her nose. It had…
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Conversations surrounding gender and sex have exploded in the last decade or so. With each passing day, more and more people feel comfortable enough to either identify as 'gender neutral' or adopt a gender neutral lifestyle. This means they do not associate with policies, language, and other social norms that…
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In May 2018, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson were spotted leaving a Lauryn Hill concert together at the Apollo Theatre in New York. It was the start of a beautiful, but intensely private, relationship that, still to this day, has not been officially confirmed. Fans of the pair have been…
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A Greek-Cypriot model aims to challenge your ideas of conventional body types by posing for photos with a unique facial feature - her thick, bushy unibrow. Sophia Hadjipanteli, who was born in Cyprus but has since moved to the United States, reveals that she lets her eyebrows grow naturally as…
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Ginny Seaboy and Julia James have the distinction of being the world's first legally-married transgender couple. The couple first met back in 2009 on an online forum for trans people, and discovered they had an immediate connection. They went on a date near to Ginny's work, and married a year…
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Folks, I was never great at science in school. I never understood the calculations, the equations, or the experiments where you had to mess around with chemicals. It just wasn't for me. And yet, there is one formula of which I am absolutely sure would stand up to strenuous scientific…
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A postman who lost both his feet just three months ago after his 'flu' turned out to be a deadly disease has opened up about his horrific ordeal and subsequent amputation in a recent interview. Ryan Nulty, who hails from Horsham in England, believed that he was just feeling under…
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A man in the UK has been declared 'free' of HIV in what is only the second ever case in history of the disease being successfully treated. The patient, whose identity has not been revealed, was diagnosed with the illness in 2003. Then, in 2012, he was discovered to have…
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A young woman who fell in love with her bridesmaid on her wedding day has revealed how she made the left-field choice by deciding to be with both her husband and her girlfriend in what they're describing as a 'throuple'. Last year, Karalyn Henry was engaged to her childhood sweetheart…
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When you place an order on a ride-sharing app, you never know what your driver is going to be like. You may get a gregarious driver who talks to you for the entire ride, you may get a creepy driver who awkwardly flirts with you, or you may get a…
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Engagements are supposed to be memorable for all the right reasons. But because there are so many expectations associated with the event, when things don't quite meet the fantasy in your head, it can be almost impossible to hide your disappointment. Everyone's idea of the perfect proposal is different. While…
