TechnologyMind-BlowingIt is now possible to print human skin with an inkjet printer!2051k16 years ago
FoodInterestingOutdatedThe liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.14995416 years ago
PeopleInterestingSurgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't .941k16 years ago
HistoryDarkIn 1898, Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that makes Aspirin, marketed heroin as a non-addictive cough suppressant and pain reliever.691k16 years ago
PlacesInterestingOutdatedJimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.691k16 years ago
EntertainmentInterestingArthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession!5182716 years ago
AnimalsWeirdMaggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.391k16 years ago
HistoryDarkApproximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.341k16 years ago
PlacesInterestingIn Nepal and across South Asia, cow dung has been used for centuries in traditional medicine, household sanitation, and religious rituals.332k16 years ago
BodyMind-BlowingPutting sugar on a wound or cut will greatly reduce pain and speed up the healing process.286k12 years ago
AnimalsWeirdArmy ants are used as “natural sutures”. Their jaws are so powerful, natives staple wounds by forcing ants to bite them and break off the body.255k10 years ago
ScienceInterestingResearch has shown that compounds in marijuana, particularly CBD and THC, have anti-inflammatory properties and show promise in treating autoimmune conditions such as arthritis, lupus, colitis, and multiple sclerosis.241k11 years ago
ScienceMind-BlowingScientists have developed injectable microparticles filled with oxygen that can keep animals alive for up to 30 minutes without breathing, potentially revolutionizing emergency medicine.232k11 years ago
FoodWholesomeChocolate was once considered medicine, prescribed by European doctors to treat angina and depression as late as the 19th century.11 month ago
BodyMind-BlowingThe human liver can regenerate to its full size from as little as 25% of its original tissue. It's the only internal organ that can do this — which is why living-donor liver transplants work. Surgeons remove up to 60% of the donor's liver, transplant it, and both the donor and recipient end up with full-sized livers within months.16 days ago