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Brain scans have revealed children living with unstable families (excessive, arguing, abusive and neglectful) have brain changes similar to combat soldiers after active duty.
u/vxnder7 — 17 hours ago
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In 2008, Brazilian priest Adelir Antônio de Carli strapped himself to a plastic chair lifted by 1,000 helium balloons, hoping to break a world record and raise money for charity. Tragically, a storm blew him over the Atlantic, where he vanished while trying to figure out how to operate his GPS.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 days ago
Billionaire J. Paul Getty refused to pay a $17M ransom for his kidnapped grandson. After the kidnappers mailed the teen’s severed ear to Getty, he agreed to pay $2.2M, the most he could write off on his taxes. He loaned the remaining $800K to his son at 4% interest.
u/drkmatterinc — 4 days ago
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In 2013, cook Harrison Okene was trapped nearly 100 feet underwater after his tugboat capsized off Nigeria and sank to the ocean floor. For almost three days, he survived in a tiny air pocket until divers searching the wreck for bodies found him alive.
u/drkmatterinc — 4 days ago
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The incredible core strength and control required to pull off this slow-motion illusion spin
u/vxnder7 — 6 days ago
Joy Milne claimed she could smell Parkinson’s disease. Scientists tested her with 12 T-shirts: 6 from Parkinson’s patients and 6 from healthy controls. She correctly identified all 6 patients and also flagged one “healthy” person. Months later, that person was diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
u/drkmatterinc — 7 days ago
Joshua Maddux vanished in 2008. Seven years later, his mummified body was found upside down, folded inside the chimney of an abandoned Colorado cabin. Authorities ruled it an accident.
u/drkmatterinc — 11 days ago
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In 2004, Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin, leaving his face disfigured. He and his family believe Moscow ordered the attempt as he pushed for closer ties with Europe. Despite this, Yushchenko survived and won the presidency that year.
u/drkmatterinc — 10 days ago
In 1994, Gloria Ramirez became known as the “Toxic Lady” after 23 hospital workers got sick while treating her in a California ER. A nurse fainted, a doctor suffered liver damage, and several staff members were hospitalized. To this day, no one knows exactly why.
u/drkmatterinc — 12 days ago
At 8, Christina Santhouse had the right half of her brain removed after suffering up to 150 seizures a day. Doctors warned she might never live independently. Christina later got her driver’s license, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, bought a home, and became a speech pathologist.
u/drkmatterinc — 12 days ago
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Jeanne Louise Calment, the oldest verified human in history, celebrated her 122nd birthday on February 21, 1997. She passed away that August at 122 years and 164 days. She was also the last living person to have met Vincent van Gogh, whom she described as rude, ugly, and reeking of alcohol.
u/drkmatterinc — 14 days ago