At five foot six and 270 pounds, the bank robber was impossible to miss. On April 19, 1995, he hit two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. Security cameras picked up good images of his face — he wore no mask — and showed him holding a gun to the teller. Police made sure the footage was broadcast on the local eleven o’clock news. A tip came in within minutes, and just after midnight, the police were knocking on the suspect’s door in McKeesport. Identified as McArthur Wheeler, he was incredulous. “But I wore the juice,” he said. Wheeler told police he rubbed lemon juice on his face to make it invisible to security cameras. Detectives concluded he was...
View DetailsIs it possible to get drunk without really drinking? Mark Mongiardo, a former New Jersey resident, confirmed this. Mongiardo suffers from Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS), a rare condition where the body produces alcohol. Early Symptoms and Professional ChallengesHe recalls the onset of his symptoms in 2006 while he was employed as a high school teacher and coach in New Jersey. Colleagues began to notice the scent of alcohol on him despite his assurance that he never consumed alcohol during work hours. “I would never do that. I’m a teacher,” Mongiardo told Kristin Thorne, an investigative reporter with a famous news platform. “It was very concerning to me. I had no idea...
View DetailsScientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. The study published online Dec. 4 in the International Journal of Cancer and suggests that breast cancer risk increased with more frequent use of these chemical hair products. Using data from 46,709 women in the Sister Study, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of NIH, found that women who regularly used permanent hair dye in the year prior to enrolling in the study were 9% more likely than women who didn’t use hair dye...
View DetailsA pair of Kuwaiti newlyweds got divorced a mere three minutes after their ceremony in 2019, which may be the world’s shortest marriage. the couple decided to end their committed union after the groom made a scathing comment about the bride. While making her way out of the courthouse in Kuwait, where they wed, the woman supposedly tripped, which prompted the groom to mock her, allegedly calling her “stupid” for her accidental fall. Clearly offended by the groom’s remark, the woman reportedly turned back around and asked the judge to dissolve their marriage. A report in Metro noted that the judge issued an annulment right then and there. According to Q8 News, the...
View DetailsJapanese researchers have crafted a revolutionary device that can record and playback your dreams for you to watch. Yes, you read that right! Imagine being able to watch your dreams if they were movies... This machine enables you to do something similar. This incredible technology employs advancements in brain imaging and artificial intelligence (AI), reinforcing one to delve into the mysterious realms of dreams in exceptional ways. An insight into how this device works The dream-recording device uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record the detailed neural activity correlated to dreaming. Scientists at ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto have...
View DetailsDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo. qing-li@nms.ac.jp PMID: 17903349 In order to explore the effect of forest bathing on human immune function, we investigated natural killer (NK) activity; the number of NK cells, and perforin, granzymes and granulysin-expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) during a visit to forest fields. Twelve healthy male subjects, age 37-55 years, were selected with informed consent from three large companies in Tokyo, Japan. The subjects experienced a three-day/two-night trip in three different forest fields. On the first day, subjects walked for two hours in the afternoon in a forest field; and on the second day,...
View DetailsKerala has confirmed 67 cases and 18 deaths due to brain-eating amoeba this year, according to revised figures. Health Minister Veena George prompted urgent water safety and preventive measures. A new case of amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but often fatal brain infection, has been reported in Kerala, with a 17-year-old boy in Thiruvananthapuram confirmed to have contracted the infection. Following the diagnosis, the health department closed the swimming pool at Akkulam Tourist Village and collected water samples for testing. Authorities noted that the boy had visited the pool with friends the previous day and had taken a bath there. According to updated data released under the...
View DetailsExposure to dim light at night, especially from electronic devices, can disrupt the natural production of melatonin, the hormone that signals the brain to sleep. This disruption interferes with the brain's ability to enter deep, restorative sleep, potentially harming mental health by increasing the risk of depression and anxiety and impairing cognitive functions. To optimize sleep and mental health, it is important to ensure a dark sleeping environment by blocking out light and avoiding screens before bedtime. How Light Disrupts Sleep and Mental Health Suppresses Melatonin: Your brain naturally releases melatonin as darkness falls, a process essential for regulating your sleep-wake...
View DetailsA YouTuber's claim that he impregnated both his girlfriend and her mother stunned the internet. But now, he admits it was all a stunt. Nick Yardy, a 29-year-old YouTuber with 3.41 million subscribers, announced last month that both his 22-year-old girlfriend, Jade, and her 44-year-old mother, Dani, were pregnant with his children. (YouTuber Nick Yardy, 29, stunned viewers last month when he announced that 22-year-old content creator Jade (right) and her mom Dani (left) 44, were both pregnant with his children) (Yardy has shared a series of videos on his channel showing off his unorthodox lifestyle with the two women) The announcement was met with both shock and disgust, but the truth...
View DetailsHemlock water dropwort, also called ‘plant that kills with a smile’ is one of the most extraordinary plants found in the wild. It is a lethal plant that is found in the wetlands of Europe and Asia. It possesses deadly nature and extreme potential of paralysing and even killing the person. But its deadly nature is not the only thing to ponder about as this plant causes no extraordinary death but in fact has the ritual of killing the person with a smile on their face. It would be a mistake to underestimate this nature’s unique wonder as its toxic traits have always been a subject to uniqueness. In this article we will discover its usage and venomous nature. Hemlock...
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