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Rare condition made a woman see people as dragonsA woman sought treatment for hallucinations she'd been experiencing since childhood, in which people's faces would morph into having dragon-like features.
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One of the world’s tallest trees — the centuries-old 'Doerner Fir' — is on fire in Oregon.Oregon's tallest fir tree is on fire, and firefighters are racing to save it.
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Girl's dental trouble caused a life-threatening eye infectionA girl went to her dentist complaining of a toothache and swelling around her eye. It turned out the two problems were connected.
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Aging: What happens to the body as it gets older?Discover interesting facts about what happens to the body as it ages.
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Hunter's rare allergy meant he could no longer eat red meatA man who hunted deer developed a very rare allergy that progressively worsened each time he ate red meat.
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Rare semen allergy may have caused woman's infertilityA woman and her partner had been trying to conceive for some time. It turned out that a rare allergy may have been hindering their attempts.
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Colugo: The 'flying lemur' that doesn't fly and isn't a lemurThis big-eyed rainforest mammal looks like a cross between a bat and a squirrel. It glides between treetops using a furry membrane that connects its limbs.
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Kākāpō: The chonky parrot that can live almost 100 yearsThis flightless nocturnal parrot is only found in New Zealand.
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Orgasm involving a kitchen whisk likely triggered person's fatal aneurysmDoctors report an analysis of a woman's fatal aneurysm, pinpointing its likely causes after her death.
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The human heart: Facts about the body's hardest-working muscleDiscover interesting facts about the fist-size organ that powers the circulatory system.
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A man was stabbed through the throat and the base of the skull — by a fishWhile on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.
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Black widow spider's venom poisoned a woman through her eyeballA woman went to the emergency room after getting bits of a venomous spider in her eye.
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Sleep: Facts about how and why we sleepLearn facts about sleep, during which the body rests, recuperates and performs essential repairs.
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Cold-water rinses left 'cobblestone' growths in woman's sinusesA woman developed prominent bumps inside her sinuses, similar to a condition seen in "surfer's ear."
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Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itselfOpen wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean depths.
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Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eatsAlso known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.
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A woman heard a 'pop' during Pilates class. Her spine had sprung a leak.A woman developed awful headaches after a Pilates class, and their underlying cause was very unusual.
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Cancer: Facts about the diseases that cause out-of-control cell growthLearn facts about cancer, in which abnormal cell growth destroys healthy body tissues.
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Diagnostic dilemma: Virus caused a man to have hiccups for days on endIn an unusual case, a man's multiday bout of hiccups was triggered by a respiratory infection.
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'The parasite was in the driver's seat': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the inside out."
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Flu: Facts about seasonal influenza and bird fluLearn interesting facts about the flu, a viral infection that targets the respiratory system.
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Diagnostic dilemma: A fish bone wandered through a man's abdomen and stabbed his liverA man went to the hospital several times with gut pain and a fever — and it turned out that his relatively common symptoms had an unusual cause.
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Diagnostic dilemma: Speed eating a 7-pound burger sent a man to ER unable to pass gasA case report highlights one potential danger of competitive speed eating.
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Diagnostic dilemma: Teen's improbable pregnancy occurred after oral sexA teen girl with abdominal pain learned she was pregnant and had conceived under extremely unusual circumstances.
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