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Nothing gatekeeps a profession quite like using a completely dead language. For centuries, institutions aggressively refused to print credentials in the local…
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The concept of violently tying off a limb to stop a problem is as old as organized warfare itself. Roman legions were strictly issued bronze and leather…
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Despite what centuries of poorly interpreted Sunday school lessons might have suggested, men did not permanently lose a rib to create women. Both biological…
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The next time you resort to holding your breath or drinking water upside down, say a quick prayer for Charles Osborne. In 1922, a 150-pound pig collapsed on…
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The mind-numbing experience of sitting in a plastic chair reading outdated magazines has ancient, mythological roots. The temples of Asclepius featured…
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Before flexible rubber tubing and specialized earpieces, practitioners essentially just pressed a heavily modified wooden flute against a person's chest. It…
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