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Did Daniel Ekechukwu resurrect from the dead?
According to this four-part report, a man named Daniel Ekechukwu, a resident of Nigera, died November 30, 2001 and came back to life December 2, 2001. A literal and modern resurrection. The same story ...
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Might organ donors be harvested when they could have otherwise lived?
I just read a pretty shocking blog post called "Are you an organ donor?
After you read this, you will change your mind."
Do you wish to be an organ donor? I'm sure many of you have answered yes, ...
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Can popping a pimple in the facial 'danger area' cause brain infection or death?
This story is currently sitting at #13 on Reddit:
TIL that in rare cases, popping a pimple in the so-called "danger
triangle" can lead to facial paralysis, brain infections/meningitis,
and ...
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Does rabies vaccine have a dangerous interaction with alcohol?
Half a year ago, I got vaccinated against rabies, because I was in a contact with a cat that was bitten by an unknown animal. Better safe than sorry, I went and had my five shots over a period of a ...
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Can you die from breathing your own farts?
I've heard about people dying from being "intoxicated" (I'm not sure if thats the term) from smelling their own farts.
There is a story of a man that actually died:
A terrible diet and room with ...
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Is it possible to die from laughter?
I was watching University Challenge last night (episode 27 2011/2012 series - UK only), there were 3 questions on people who supposedly died from laughter - Chrysippus, Martin the Humanist and Thomas ...
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Does retiring earlier cause one to die earlier?
This article here says that there is a link between retiring early and dying early. Is it true that, on average, early retirees will die sooner than their longer working counter parts? Is this a ...
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Can defibrillation revive a flatlined patient?
Wikipedia notes that the technical term for flatline is asystole and adds this comment:
Despite defibrillation commonly appearing on medical dramas as a remedy for asystole, it is usually not done ...
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Is the number of childhood vaccines correlated with infant mortality?
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Just how inaccurate are vaccine myths?
Is it dangerous to have several vaccines at the same time?
I was passed along an article reporting that a new study found that despite having the ...
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Are there incorruptible corpses?
The Roman Catholic Church claims that some corpses have supernaturally slow decomposition. Were those bodies examined by skeptics?
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Does exercise and eating healthy make you live longer?
I'm not talking about someone who sits in a chair all day and never moves. I mean the difference between the people who go jogging then go to the gym for an hour or two compared to the people who just ...
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Does Baywatch-style CPR work?
It's a common movie scene. Someone falls in a large body of water and drowns, losing consciousness. Our hero rescues the victim, gives 10 seconds of CPR, emits various imprecations to the tone of ...
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Is it possible to “die instantly”?
Lots of times, when some great tragedy occurs, one often hears journalists and bystanders alike softening the blow of having some person die by saying something like "at least they died instantly" or ...
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Are lethal injections painless?
It is often claimed that lethal injections are a painless and humane method of applying the death penalty. Do lethal injections result in either no, or minimal, pain?
