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The Gross Instagram For Doctors

The mobile-phone application called Figure1 is definitely not for the faint of heart.

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Sand Dune Swallows Boy, Survives Three Hours Underground

A 6-year-old boy who spent more than three hours underground after being swallowed by a massive sand dune in Indiana was able to respond to “simple commands” when he arrived at a Chicago hospital, a...

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Chinese Cabin Crew Learn Kung Fu To Defend Against Mobs Of Pissed Off Passengers

Violent attacks have erupted at airports across China, with passengers venting their rage on hapless staff over a summer of grinding delays.

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Rare Condition Makes James Bond Theme Music 'Orgasmic' For Man Who Suffered...

Canadian researchers are reporting only the second-known case of a patient who developed synesthesia after a stroke — a bizarre brain phenomenon where stimulation of one sense triggers others.

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Was This The Real Lone Ranger?

Was Bass Reeves - a former slave turned deputy U.S. marshal - the real Lone Ranger?

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'Sex Boxes' Now Open For Drive-In Brothel Business In Zurich

No car, no sex. That’s the rule for an experiment Zurich is launching Monday to make prostitution less of a public nuisance and safer for women.

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King Richard III Likely Infected With Foot-Long Parasitic Worms

Not only was Richard III one of England’s most despised monarchs, but it now turns out the hunchback king was probably infected with parasitic worms that grew up to a foot in length.

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Berlusconi: I Only Invited Escorts To My Parties To Lift My Morale

Bunga, bunga.

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Photos From Toronto's Winter Nightmare

A nasty mix of snow and rain pounded much of eastern Canada Sunday, leaving nearly 500,000 people without electricity — 300,000 in Toronto alone.

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How To Get Elected In North Korea

Inside North Korea’s elections, where the winner is already decided and loyalty is monitored at every turn.

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It's The 'Worst' Science Paper Ever

Welcome to the world of science scams, a fast-growing business that sucks money out of research, undermines genuine scientific knowledge, and provides fake credentials for the desperate. And even...

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Homeless In The Magic Kingdom

A growing number of families are living in hotels in Florida's tourist corridor because they can’t afford anything else and because their county has no shelters for the estimated 1,216 homeless...

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The World's Most Dangerous Terrorist

Since the masked gunmen of the Islamic State of Iraq & Al-Sham (ISIS) captured Mosul this week, raising their black flag over Iraq’s second-largest city, their leader has been called the next Osama...

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The Day The Mountain Fell

How a massive avalanche changed British Columbia's backcountry culture — and shattered one guide’s life.

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Bill Cosby Makes A Joke About The Sexual Assault Allegations Against Him...

As a woman left his show to go get a drink, Cosby responded, "You have to be careful about drinking around me."

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What’s Behind Our Rush To Adopt The Latest Subcultures

You can’t self-identify as a grump of epic proportions when everyone else thinks everything is awful, too.

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This Is The Worst Renovation Story You Will Ever Hear

Within weeks of moving in, their new floors buckled. Their pipes froze. Their ceiling cracked. They also say that their foundation began to shift. One day, just months after signing their mortgage,...

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The Life Of Rob Ford

In his brief, tumultuous time in office, Rob Ford never stopped surprising. But for a large subset of the city — through it all and certainly to the end — he was the guy, their everyman savior.

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How Snowden Escaped

The never-been-told story of those two pivotal weeks when the most wanted man in the world was hidden in the depths of a Hong Kong slum.

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Former Vice Canada Editor Allegedly Used Company To Recruit Drug Mules

A former Vice editor allegedly used the Canadian headquarters as a recruiting ground to draw young journalists and artists into a transnational cocaine-smuggling ring.

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