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Is Subscribing to OnlyFans Cheating? The Internet Can’t Decide.

A 20-year-old woman from Western Australia just put her foot down in a way the internet is calling everything from “dramatic” to “dead right.”...

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Astronomers Just Discovered the Tiniest Galaxy Ever Seen

It’s only 20 light-years wide. It has just 60 stars. And it weighs the equivalent of about 16 suns. So—galaxy or glorified cluster? Astronomers...

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Men Are Getting Penis Filler Injections. Here’s What It Does.

There was a time when asking your doctor about making your penis thicker would get you, at best, a polite chuckle. Now, you might get a consultation,...

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The Traits Women Prefer in Men Aren’t What You Think

Bald men—it’s your time to shine. A new survey of 2,000 women just confirmed what Jason Statham, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Stanley Tucci...

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Americans Are Looking for Canadian Dates, and Love Is Just a Bonus

Some people go on dating apps looking for connection. Others go looking for dual citizenship. A growing number of U.S. singles are switching their...

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Raccoon with Meth Pipe in Its Mouth Found in Driver’s Seat During Traffic Stop

Ohio police are no strangers to bizarre traffic stops. But this one? This one involved a pet raccoon named Chewy, a glass meth pipe, and a car full of...

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Americans Are Still Washing Their Hands Wrong—or Not at All

Apparently, the pandemic hygiene lessons didn’t stick. A new national survey from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) found that...

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Inside Japan’s Love Hotels, Where You Can Hook Up in a Giant Whale

Hidden among Tokyo’s side streets and off the shoulders of quiet highways, Japan’s love hotels look more like theme parks than places for a secret...

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Humans Can Actually Communicate Using Just Their Eyes

We already know that a good side-eye can cut deeper than words. Now, researchers say that flash of intention in someone’s eyes isn’t just a gut...

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American Gen Z Parents Are Going Abroad to Give Birth—and They’re Not Looking Back

Gen Z is hopping on planes for more than adventure—they’re doing it to have babies. A growing number of young American parents are choosing to...

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Is There Any Truth to the Invisible String Theory?

Some people believe love is written in the stars. Others believe they’re tied to their one and only by an invisible thread. That’s the idea behind...

06.05.2025 3

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Earth Has It Easy—This Is What Seasons Look Like on Other Planets

Earth’s seasons may come with their own wild events (looking at you, summer wildfire season), but at least they’re familiar. A little too familiar,...

06.05.2025 3

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Why Do Women Have Fewer Orgasms Than Men? Scientists Have a Brutal Answer.

A new study has officially confirmed what many women already suspected: when it comes to orgasms in heterosexual relationships, the scales are still...

06.05.2025 8

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Menopause Could One Day Be Optional

Menopause has always been framed as a biological inevitability—an invisible timer that goes off in your early 50s, shutting down your ovaries and...

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Till Debt Do Us Part: Couples Are Staying Together Because They Can’t Afford to Break Up

Forget fairytale endings—some couples are sticking together not out of love, but because splitting up would destroy their finances. A new national...

06.05.2025 1

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Are Male and Female Brains Actually Different? Neuroscientists Have an Answer.

For centuries, people have tried to draw a hard line between male and female brains—usually to justify some lazy idea about who’s more logical,...

05.05.2025 3

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You Still Have 5 Weeks to Get in Shape Before Summer. Here’s How.

Five weeks. That’s how long you have before summer officially arrives. Not enough time for a full transformation, but more than enough to feel a...

05.05.2025 2

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AI Chatbots Secretly Ran a Mind-Control Experiment on Reddit

Reddit users are pissed—and rightfully so. A group of AI researchers from the University of Zurich just got caught running an unauthorized...

05.05.2025 2

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Men Fall in Love Much Faster Than Women, Here’s Why

Forget the old cliché that women are the emotional ones. Turns out, it’s actually men who tend to fall in love faster—and often, earlier—than...

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How an Anti-Loneliness Club Is Helping NYC Seniors Feel Seen Again

On Friday afternoons in New York City, a group of seniors gather—not in a park or a bingo hall, but over Zoom. What starts with a simple question...

05.05.2025 3

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Radio Station Duped Audience and Secretly Used an AI Host for Six Months

For six months, an Australian radio station aired a daily show hosted by a young-sounding woman named Thy—cheerful, confident, and always on...

03.05.2025 4

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Scientists Say This Everyday Food Habit Could Be Taking Years Off Your Life

They’re cheap, convenient, and engineered to taste oddly delicious—but new research suggests that eating a diet high in ultra-processed food could...

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Why Humans Heal 3 Times Slower Than Other Mammals

If that scab on your elbow is still lingering weeks later, you’re not imagining things—your body is just really slow at healing. According to a...

03.05.2025 4

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Microplastics May Be Clogging Your Arteries and Increasing Your Risk of Stroke

In case you needed another reason to be unsettled by the modern world, researchers just found that stroke victims have arteries clogged not just with...

02.05.2025 2

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This TikTok Teen Only Trains Half of His Body—Here’s Why

What if the perfect body didn’t mean balance at all? That’s the question 19-year-old TikToker @TheCrookedMon—better known to his followers as...

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Remote Work Didn’t Kill Office Romance, It Just Looks Different Now

For decades, falling in love at work was practically a cliché. Long hours, shared deadlines, and bad coffee created just enough proximity and...

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Long After Dinosaurs, These Crocs Ruled the Caribbean

When dinosaurs disappeared from Earth, most people assumed the age of terrifying predators went with them. But in ancient South America, something...

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If Someone Says This Word, They’re Probably a Liar

Most people think they can spot a liar by reading body language—shifty eyes, fidgeting hands, nervous energy. But according to one trial lawyer, the...

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This Yosemite Waterfall Looks Like Its Pouring Fire for 10 Minutes a Year

It doesn’t look real. For a few minutes in late February, a waterfall in Yosemite National Park turns the color of molten lava. The sun hits just...

30.04.2025 3

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NASA Found a Strange ‘Skull’ on Mars That May Have ‘Originated From Elsewhere’

Even on a planet filled with strange geology, this one stands out. On April 11, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a dark, craggy formation jutting...

30.04.2025 2

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Welcome to the Age of Gooning, Where Porn and Pleasure Blur Into Obsession

Welcome to the era of gooning—a surreal sexual subculture where edging, porn, and hours of trance-like pleasure collide. According to a 2025...

29.04.2025 4

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Scientists Found a Butterfly That’s Been Isolated for 40,000 Years

Scientists have officially named a new butterfly species after one of its strangest qualities: its eerie isolation. In the remote glacial valleys of...

29.04.2025 5

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Flight Attendant Discovers Her ‘City View’ Hotel Room Was a Complete Scam

When flight attendant Angela Ruth Strong checked into her hotel room in Mexico, she was ready for the view of a lifetime. Her colleagues had hyped it...

29.04.2025 3

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People Are Microdosing Weight Loss Drugs. But Why?

If you feel like you can’t even step into a grocery store without a GLP-1 jingle hijacking your brain, you’re not imagining it. Weight loss drugs...

28.04.2025 4

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Safe Sex Is Harder if You’re Neurodivergent, But It Doesn’t Have to Be

For many neurodivergent people, sex isn’t just about desire—it’s about managing the overwhelming flood of sensory input that can come with it....

28.04.2025 2

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113-Million-Year-Old ‘Hell Ant’ Fossil Is the Oldest Ant Ever Discovered

When entomologist Anderson Lepeco spotted a strange fossil in a museum drawer, he nearly screamed in the lab. Trapped in a slab of...

25.04.2025 1

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The Real Reason Women Say ‘Not Tonight’

If your partner says “not tonight,” it might not be about mood or desire—or even about you at all. According to a new survey of 2,000 women, the...

25.04.2025 2

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Gen Z Is Sticking to Sober Sex—And Say It’s Way Better

For years, getting drunk before getting naked felt like the norm. But more people are deciding that sober sex—awkward silences and all—might...

25.04.2025 4

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Teens Are Using ChatGPT to Invest in the Stock Market

While most teens are still figuring out how to parallel park, some are already building stock portfolios—and making serious money. Thanks to a mix...

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Your Mouth Could One Day Be Full of Lab-Grown Teeth

Dentists have been filling our cavities for thousands of years—literally. Evidence of prehistoric dental work dates back over 13,000 years, when...

25.04.2025 2

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Parents Say This Show Is Like ‘Crack’ for Toddlers—in a Bad Way

Some parents say no to late bedtimes. Others say no to fast food. But, right now, the real parenting panic is CoComelon. The candy-colored, big-eyed...

24.04.2025 3

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Inside the Longevity Clinic Where Rich People Spend $250K to Cheat Death

If you’ve got $250,000 burning a hole in your bloodstream—and want that bloodstream filtered and optimized—Dr. Jonathann Kuo has a plan for you....

24.04.2025 3

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Melting Arctic Ice Could Unleash Ancient Deadly Diseases, Scientists Warn

Climate change is already rewriting life in the Arctic—but the next chapter could include a terrifying twist: ancient, long-frozen diseases waking...

24.04.2025 4

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Your Insomnia Pills Could Be Increasing Your Risk of Disability

Insomnia sucks—but according to new research, trying to drug your way through it might actually backfire, especially if you’re over 65. A new...

23.04.2025 3

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Robots Competed Against Humans in the First Humanoid Half-Marathon

In a surreal blend of endurance race and sci-fi slapstick, 21 humanoid robots jogged, limped, and faceplanted their way through a half-marathon in...

23.04.2025 2

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U.S. Jails and Deports German Teens Over ‘Suspicious’ Vacation

Two German teenagers were hoping to kick off their post-graduation adventure with beaches and sunshine. Instead, they got jail cells, strip searches,...

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Scientists Just Found the ‘Strongest Evidence’ of Alien Life Yet

It’s 124 light-years away, wrapped in a steamy hydrogen-rich atmosphere, and just might be crawling with alien microbes. K2-18b, a distant exoplanet...

21.04.2025 4

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Bootleg Beavers, Feral Pigs, and DIY Lynx: Is UK Rewilding Going Off the Rails?

Rewilding used to conjure images of faraway wilderness and well-funded eco-estates. Now? It’s backyard rivers, rogue lynx, and wild boar showing up...

21.04.2025 3

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The Real Reason Women Fake Orgasms

We talk a lot about men feeling pressure to perform in bed. What we don’t talk about is how that pressure is quietly screwing with women, too. A new...

21.04.2025 3

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Neurotech Retreats Are the New Yoga Retreats

After years of obsessing over abs, flawless skin, and lymphatic drainage, the wellness world is finally turning its focus onto the organ running the...

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