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I’m Moving To North Korea

June 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · CAM, Health, Who Knew

Found via Slashdot, a BBC article explains how North Korea is light years ahead of the West in fruit juice technology:
The official news agency declared they have developed a super drink that has “no side effects”, “helps improve mental and retentive faculties by multiplying brain cells”, and prevents “geriatric diseases”.
Sounds like North Korea with soon [...]

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Who Knew? Sweating is the pits.

May 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Who Knew

I use a deodorant without antiperspirant, mainly because I always seem to end up with less sweat under my armpits that way. I don’t sweat excessively, but every once in a while on a humid day it can get a little uncomfortable, as you probably well know.
Robin Hanson over at Overcoming Bias has a quick [...]

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