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Falling coconuts have an official injury code
Tropical paradise is ruined by code W20.8. Administrators classify gravity-assisted fruit assaults as highly specific external causes of harm. It turns out…
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Heelys accidents have their own medical code
Those shoes with built-in wheels from the early 2000s were such a public menace that they earned their own diagnostic code: V00.15. The clinical sector…
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US hospitals routinely charge an exorbitant facility fee
In the ultimate capitalist power move, many US clinics will charge you hundreds of dollars just for the privilege of walking through their front doors. This…
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Military training grounds have specific occurrence codes
Y92.136 ensures that if an incident happens on a military base, the exact geography is tied to the clinical invoice. Because even in highly secure defense…
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Why lead and mercury can stay in your body
Unlike your ex, heavy metals like lead and mercury refuse to ever leave. Once these toxic elements enter your body, they bind aggressively to your internal…
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Why a cheap bandage can cost $50 at a hospital
A single strip of adhesive tape that costs pennies at a grocery store can suddenly transform into a fifty-dollar line item once it enters a clinical setting.…
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Carbon monoxide aggressively attacks human cellular function
This odorless, invisible gas is an absolute menace to your internal logistics. It physically binds to hemoglobin with hundreds of times more affinity than…
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Why the clitoris is packed with nerve endings
For an organ whose sole evolutionary purpose is strictly pleasure, the clitoris is absurdly over-engineered. It is packed with a staggering density of highly…
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The Y chromosome has been losing genes
The male-defining chromosome is shedding its genetic baggage at an alarming rate. Over thousands of generations, it has lost hundreds of essential components,…
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Whistling utilizes entirely different mechanics than speaking
When you whistle, your primary vocal folds take a complete vacation. Instead of using the larynx to create vibration, you form an entirely new acoustic…
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Your immune system detects and destroys mutating cells that have the potential to become cancerous every single day without you ever realizing it.
Your immune system detects and destroys mutating cells that have the potential to become cancerous every single day without you ever realizing it. inside your…
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Patients suffering from a rare neuropsychiatric condition known as Cotard's syndrome genuinely believe they are dead, missing internal organs, or entirely nonexistent; this…
Patients suffering from a rare neuropsychiatric condition known as Cotard's syndrome genuinely believe they are dead, missing internal organs, or entirely…
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Doctors stationed at Antarctic research bases are legally required to have their appendixes removed before deploying because medical evacuations during the brutal winter months…
Doctors stationed at Antarctic research bases are legally required to have their appendixes removed before deploying because medical evacuations during the…
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Drinking radioactive water was heavily promoted as a magical health tonic in the 1920s right up until an affluent socialite named Eben Byers literally drank his own jaw off;…
Drinking radioactive water was heavily promoted as a magical health tonic in the 1920s right up until an affluent socialite named Eben Byers literally drank…
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Flattening out all the microscopic folds, villi, and microvilli in an average adult human's small intestine would create a surface area roughly the size of a professional tennis…
Flattening out all the microscopic folds, villi, and microvilli in an average adult human's small intestine would create a surface area roughly the size of a…
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People spend roughly ten percent of their waking hours with their eyes completely closed due to the biological necessity of blinking, which lubricates the cornea and clears away…
People spend roughly ten percent of their waking hours with their eyes completely closed due to the biological necessity of blinking, which lubricates the…
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Why you should not take a pulse with your thumb
Good luck trying to take someone's pulse with your thumb. The thumb has its own internal artery called the princeps pollicis, meaning if you use it to feel…
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Your brain operates continuously on roughly twenty watts of electrical power, which is barely enough energy to dimly light up a standard refrigerator bulb!
Your brain operates continuously on roughly twenty watts of electrical power, which is barely enough energy to dimly light up a standard refrigerator bulb!…
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Receptor cells on your tongue responsible for detecting sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami flavors die off and are completely replaced by your body every ten to fourteen days!
Receptor cells on your tongue responsible for detecting sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami flavors die off and are completely replaced by your body every…
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Human feet contain approximately 250,000 individual sweat glands and can produce up to half a pint of perspiration in a single day, serving as a localized cooling system that was…
Human feet contain approximately 250,000 individual sweat glands and can produce up to half a pint of perspiration in a single day, serving as a localized…
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Hydrochloric acid inside your stomach ranks between 1 and 2 on the acidity scale, making it corrosive enough to dissolve a single-edge razor blade in just two hours, as this…
Hydrochloric acid inside your stomach ranks between 1 and 2 on the acidity scale, making it corrosive enough to dissolve a single-edge razor blade in just two…
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Your retina has 256 identifying features
Your fingerprint is actually old news when it comes to biological security. While a human fingerprint only has about 40 unique characteristics, the complex…
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Human appendix is widely considered an evolutionary remnant with no real function other than randomly exploding and costing you thousands in medical bills, but recent studies…
Human appendix is widely considered an evolutionary remnant with no real function other than randomly exploding and costing you thousands in medical bills,…
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Cerebrospinal fluid literally washes your brain while you sleep to clear out toxic proteins that accumulate during your waking hours of agonizing over embarrassing things you did five years ago.
Cerebrospinal fluid literally washes your brain while you sleep to clear out toxic proteins that accumulate during your waking hours of agonizing over…
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