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Never, EVER Flush These Things Down a Toilet
Have you ever noticed those signs in public restrooms that say “Don’t flush anything down the toilet except toilet paper”? Someone had to have done that… and flooded the bathroom, right? Turn out, it’s not just about clogging the john. Those pipes lead to the sewers, where wet wipes, condoms, and grease from your kitchen…
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Americans loved drinking radioactive ‘miracle water’ in 1920s
Radithor promised to cure everything from wrinkles to leukemia, but its unintended results were deadly. Watch the full video:
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The Experiment That Tried to Weigh the Human Soul
It’s a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn’t deter Duncan MacDougall. In the early 20th century, MacDougall’s unique bed-scale detected that 21 grams left the human body at the moment of death. He had finally discovered it: the weigh of the human soul … or so he…
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The Radioactive “Miracle Water” That Killed Its Believers
If you lived in the 1920s, you might have found a pamphlet advertising “the greatest therapeutic force known to mankind.” Radithor was a tiny bottle of clear, colorless water that claimed to cure acne, anemia, heart disease, poison ivy, impotence, asthma, and any other malady you could imagine. There was only one side effect: DEATH.…
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Jarrod Hollie
February 14, 2019 at 7:21 pm
That’s good info I didn’t know about about the flushable wipes
hotpockets222
February 15, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Same. I apologized in my head as soon as I heard it.
“I had no idea, I’m sorry.”
Popular Science
February 15, 2019 at 1:50 pm
+hotpockets222 [Robin Williams voice] It’s not your fault.
Popular Science
February 15, 2019 at 1:50 pm
@hotpockets222 [Robin Williams voice] It’s not your fault.
jlederman2
February 15, 2019 at 4:20 pm
+Popular Science Don’t do this, man!! ?
jlederman2
February 15, 2019 at 4:20 pm
@Popular Science Don’t do this, man!! ?
Ryan Perry
February 14, 2019 at 8:34 pm
The four Ps!
beecurse
February 14, 2019 at 10:12 pm
that aint a universal truth tho ? in brazil at least you cant (shouldnt) flush toilet paper
hotpockets222
February 15, 2019 at 1:49 pm
Real question, what about snot? Will mucus break down? I like to clear my nose during a steamy hot shower
Popular Science
February 15, 2019 at 4:18 pm
You’re in the clear, but we *are* going to call you snotpockets from now on.
MrLeslieF
February 17, 2019 at 2:12 am
I’ve had dental floss clog my sewer line. We had to call Roto Rooter!
J T
February 25, 2019 at 7:02 pm
I’m watching Jacob Ward live on MSNBC with Ali Velshi talk about disabling comments on popular science website. Comments here better?
Lonny
March 19, 2019 at 11:58 am
10 comments but only 6 showing..?
Joachim Murat
March 20, 2019 at 7:42 am
Our german Toilets look diffrent. 🙂