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High Tech Glove Ensures Hardy Handshakes

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It’s happened to everyone at one time or another: You meet someone new, dutifully stick our your hand for a quick greeting, and get handed a warm fish hand clasp in return.

Asian and otherwise manually challenged business men, with their meek, limp, fishy handshakes, now have a means of ensuring that they shake like a “real” man while dealing with their western counterparts. 
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Man Tickles Self, Laughs

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June - 8 - 2010

A 72 year old man in the town of Guangling, west of Beijing, China is reported to be the first human being ever to successfully tickle himself, eliciting a laugh response.

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Five Things You Definitely Need Teeth to Do

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January - 14 - 2010 - Teeth, right up there with other common household tools like the screwdriver or the socket wrench, have been around for so long that people have a hard time remembering what it was like not to have them.

Whether they’re used to bite off a piece of packing tape or to snarl at the neighbor kid, they’re in every way as useful today as they were 10,000 years ago. But just in case just you don’t see their relevance anymore, let’s take a look at these forgotten uses. - read more...

Blind Dog with Perfect Pitch Aids Deaf Piano Tuner

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 September - 22 - 2009

Spoke, a frisky looking Border Collie who enjoys a romp in the park, a leather chew toy and long, leisurely afternoon naps is just like any other dog. His master, John Klunn (pronounced “kloon”) acquired him from a pound when Spoke was only six months old. Spoke, aptly named because of his ability to ride a unicycle, also has perfect pitch, the ability to name the actual musical pitch of a sound. - read more...

Woman Undergoes Rhinoplasty. Nose Grows Back, Speaks Dutch

Posted by Lou Savage On September - 18 - 2009

Doctors in a Mexico City cosmetic surgery clinic were stunned by a never-before-seen occurrence when the nose of a patient who had undergone rhinoplasty, grew back, but this time larger than before. Also, just as surprising, the woman, who spoke only English when she arrived, discovered that after awakening from the anesthesia she was able to speak fluent Dutch, but very poor English. “Wat ongelooflijk geluk!” she exclaimed after seeing her bandaged face in a mirror for the first time.
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