n 1994, when the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, mentioned as an aside that it should be mentioned in school curricula that masturbation was safe and healthy, she was forced to resign
Thermographic cameras detect radiation in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 9,000–14,000 nanometers or 9–14 µm) and produce images of that radiation, called thermograms. [wikipedia]
Professional carwashing is a "non-point source" of discharge that has the ability to capture these contaminants, normally in interceptor drains, so the contaminants can be removed before the water enters sanitary systems.
A medical study found that women who gave their men oral sex and swallowed had a lower risk of preeclampsia, the dangerously high blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706945 ]
Research published in a 2009 issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine demonstrates that about 53% of women and about 46% of men in the United States ages 18 to 60 have used a vibrator.
Autumn leaf colors are warning signals towards insects that use the trees as a host for the winter, for example aphids. [Hamilton, W. D.; Brown, S. P. (2001). "Autumn tree colours as a handicap signal"]
Dishwashing liquid has been used to treat birds affected by oil spills. After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the International Bird Rescue Research Center received hundreds of cases of dishwashing liquid that were used to clean up birds. [https://en.
If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that one grain were placed on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, and so on, with 64 squares on a chessboard, then the total number of grains equals 18,446,744,073,709,551
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not approve or review cosmetics, although it does regulate the colors that can be used in the hair dyes. The cosmetic companies are not required to report injuries resulting from use of their produc
Feral children lack the basic social skills that are normally learned in the process of enculturation. For example, they may have almost insurmountable trouble learning a human language. This impaired ability is often attributed to the existence of a crit
This well known chain of coffee houses was originally going to be named "Pequod" after the ship in Moby Dick, however they decided against that name and instead chose the name of the ships first mate "Starbuck" [Wikipedia]
In the early 17th century, the French obstetrician Jacques Guillemeau indicated that wet nurses should not have auburn hair because redheads were known to have a hot temperament that was harmful to their breastmilk [Journal of Perinatal Education,http://w
Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own v
