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Bagels send more people to the ER than sharks

30 Bizarre Medical Facts That Sound Like B.S. (But Aren’t)

September 10, 2023

Injuring yourself while cutting bagels is apparently so common that it has its own medical term: BRIs (bagel-related-injuries). More on that and 29 other weird medical facts below…

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Stomach acid can dissolve razor PLATINUM blades. S NLESS the However, study found that it could not dissolve pennies. CRACKED.COM — National Library of Medicine

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TAPEWORM IN THE BRAIN 2007 CRACKED.COM Rosemary Alvarez was experiencing headaches and blurred vision. Doctors suspected a brain tumor but during surgery were surprised to find the worm. — ABC News

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A middle-aged man was thought to have a tumor in his lung. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TOY TRAFFIC CONE НЕ INHALED WHEN НЕ WAS SEVEN. 0.5 Не suffered no complications for 40 years, until recently when he suffered from pneumonia. The man's condition has improved since the removal of the 1-cm cone. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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2000 people a year are treated for BRIs or bagelrelated-injuries. CRACKED.COM People going to the emergency room from hurting themselves while cutting a bagel is so common it has its own name. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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AN IMPOSTOR IN THE MIRROR. LITERALLY. 2015 CRACKED.COM With Capgras Syndrome, you think all your loved ones have been replaced by impostors. One Frenchman caught an extreme version: Не thought his reflection was a stranger spying on him. — Neurocase

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الا ال Your liver can B regrow الاورده الكبدية itself. الفص المرب When someone donates their liver they actually only donate a small part. Then the liver regrows itself in both people in a matter of months. GRACKED.COM — University of Utah

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LUNG BELT 2010 144 CRACKED.COM A man came in with chest pains and a boil that leaked air. After four years of wrongly treating him for tuberculosis, docs opened him up and found a leather belt between his lungs. — Times of India

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AN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN DEVELOPED A FRENCH ACCENT AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT. Leanne Rowe is not happy with having an accent that isn't her native Australian one, and often avoids talking to people. Her condition is called Foreign Accent Syndrome. CRACKED.COM — Medical Cases That Baffled The Pros

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Humans are genetically closer to cats than dogs. We share 90% of our DNA with cats, but only 84 % with dogs. Considering that most people would rather sleep all day than socialize and play outdoors, this really doesn't come as a big surprise. GRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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FISH JAWBONE IN THE EYE 2015 CRACKED.COM Doctors were perplexed to discover this cause of the man's swollen and droopy eyelid. The bone landed there from when he'd collided with a school of fish, swimming in the Red Sea. — New England Journal of Medicine

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Slayer, anyone?

Your heartbeat will sync to music. Some scientists believe this phenomenon can even benefit your cardiovascular health. CRACKED.COM — Scientific American

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A handshake transfers more germs than a kiss. GRAGKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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We breathe out our weight. When someone loses weight, excess fat is not disposed with the feces as most people believe, but through our lungs as carbon-dioxide. CRACKED COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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One in four orthopedic surgeons who have 25 years of experience has performed surgery on the wrong limb at least once. CRACKED COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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HAIR SPROUTED FROM AN EYE 2013 CRACKED.COM It's called limbal dermoids, a type of tumor. One guy had one of these from birth, till he got it removed at 19 since it was messing with his vision. — New England Journal of Medicine

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An estimated 75% of doctors who practice low-risk specialties will be sued for malpractice by the time they reach age 65. CRACKED.COM In comparision, it is estimated that 99% of high-risk specialty doctors will face a malpractice suit by the time they reach 65. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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CRACKED CON Your body houses trillions of microorganisms, percent of which are unknown to science. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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When you hold in a fart, the gas is eventually reabsorbed into your bloodstream. It is then released out the mouth through your breath instead of your butt. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Contralateral lung transplantation is when someone needs a lung transplant, but the available organ is the left lung instead of the right. To make the transplant work, doctors flip the donated lung 180° and trim it to make it fit. CRACKED COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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There's a thing as fecal transplantation. Fecal transplantation is done to replenish the bacteria normally found in the intestines that have been destroyed by antibiotics or a disease. The procedure is done by infusion of feces from a donor through colonoscopy or by swallowing pills. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Redheads are more sensitive to pain than people with brown, black, or blond hair. As a result, they require 20 percent more anesthesia than average to get sedated for surgery. GRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Guys: Doctors can take skin from your forearm and use it to increase the size of your penis. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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GRACKED.COM If you lose a fingernail in an accident, it'll take about 6 months to grow back. But it will take three times as long if you lose a toenail in an accident. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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we lose our sense OF smell When we sleep. GRACKED.GOV — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Your hair knows when you sleep. Scientists in Japan have found that RNA from hair follicles track changes in your circadian rhythm. CRACKED CON — Science.org

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The Man with Two Hearts

30 Bizarre Medical Facts That Sound Like B.S. (But Aren’t) — ABC News

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GRACKED COM If a woman's heart tissue is damaged during pregnancy, her fetus will send stem cells to repair it. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Every blink is a micronap. In 2013, it was discovered that in addition to clearing debris and moisturizing the eye, blinking decreases brain activity momentarily which results in your mind sharpening your attention to the task at hand. CRACKED.COM — Washington University

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WWII

ANCIENT BULLET 2007 CRACKED.COM A 77-year old woman lost consciousness, and when doctors checked her out, they saw she'd had a bullet in her brain for 64 years. Japanese soldiers had shot her back in World War II. — Reuters

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GRAGKED.COM The highest number of sweat glands are found on the soles of your feet. With 250,000 glands, it's no surprise that your feet stink! — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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