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Francesco Lentini – The Three- Legged Man
This may be the strangest tale of chimerism that I've come across: "Lentini was born in 1889 in Rosolini in the province of Sirocusa, Sicily as one of twelve children. Technically, he was one of 12 and a half children. ... in total he had three legs, four feet, sixteen toes and two sets of functioning male genitals."
How online retailer Novosbed is giving the mattress industry a wake-up call
I've got one of these - it seems to have worked out pretty well (and a lot cheaper than buying memory foam at a mattress store.
Soul mates are doomed
One of the study's authors: "Our findings corroborate prior research showing that people who implicitly think of relationships as perfect unity between soul mates have worse relationships than people who implicitly think of relationships as a journey of growing and working things out"
8 Year Old Charged For Sexual Conduct With Sitter
According to the prosecutors "the babysitter initiated the contact". Any guesses as to the gender of the 8 year old?
Why cyclists should be able to roll through stop signs and ride through red lights
"already a few places in the US ... allow cyclists some flexibility in dealing with stop signs and red lights"