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Why do men have nipples? : hundreds of questions you'd only ask a doctor after y
Leyner, Mark.
Adult Nonfiction 610 L
Leyner, Mark.
Adult Nonfiction 610 L
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| Contents | Page |
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| Acknowledgments | p. 17 |
| Preface | p. 19 |
| Introduction | p. 27 |
| Chapter 1 - You Are What You Eat | |
| Does it really take seven years to digest chewing gum? | p. 35 |
| Why does your pee smell when you eat asparagus? | p. 35 |
| Does sugar really make kids hyperactive? | p. 38 |
| What causes an ice cream headache? | p. 38 |
| Does eating chocolate cause acne? | p. 39 |
| Why do you cry when you cut onions? | p. 40 |
| Do cucumbers relieve puffy eyes? | p. 41 |
| Why are you served juice and cookies after you donate blood? | p. 41 |
| Why do women crave chocolate during their periods? | p. 42 |
| Why do you get bloated when you eat salty food? | p. 43 |
| What is a food coma? | p. 44 |
| Why are you hungry an hour after eating Chinese food? | p. 45 |
| What is MSG, and does it cause headaches? | p. 46 |
| Can carrots help improve your vision? | p. 47 |
| Does coffee stunt your growth? | p. 48 |
| Why does skipping your morning coffee cause a headache? | p. 49 |
| Why does spicy food make your nose run? | p. 50 |
| Does spicy food cause ulcers? | p. 52 |
| Does artificial sweetener cause headaches? | p. 52 |
| Does licorice cause high blood pressure? | p. 53 |
| Chapter 2 - Body Oddities | |
| Is it bad to crack your knuckles? | p. 57 |
| Why do some folks have an "outie" belly button and some folks have an "innie"? | p. 57 |
| What causes morning breath? | p. 58 |
| Why are yawns contagious? | p. 60 |
| Why do men have nipples? | p. 61 |
| Can you lose a contact lens in the back of your head? | p. 62 |
| Can you lose a tampon inside your body if the string comes off? | p. 62 |
| Is it true that the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body relative to its size? | p. 63 |
| Why do your teeth chatter when you are cold? | p. 64 |
| Why do you have an appendix if you can live without it? | p. 64 |
| Are canker sores contagious? | p. 68 |
| What are goose bumps? | p. 68 |
| What really is happening when my foot falls asleep? | p. 69 |
| Why do you get bags under your eyes when you are tired? | p. 70 |
| Why do you laugh when tickled? | p. 70 |
| Why does sweat stink and stain? | p. 71 |
| What is snot? | p. 76 |
| What are eye boogers? | p. 78 |
| What are those little half moons in your nails? | p. 80 |
| Chapter 3 - All You (N)ever Wanted to Know about Sex | |
| Is sperm nutritious? Or fattening? | p. 82 |
| Can you get pregnant while you are having your period? | p. 84 |
| Do oysters really make you horny? | p. 84 |
| Big hands, big-? | p. 85 |
| Why do men wake up in the morning with an erection? | p. 86 |
| Can people in wheelchairs still have sex? | p. 88 |
| Is it true that you can break your penis? | p. 89 |
| Does masturbation cause stuttering, blindness, or hairy palms? | p. 89 |
| Does using a tampon for the first time make you lose your virginity? | p. 90 |
| Why do nipples become erect? | p. 91 |
| What causes shrinkage? | p. 91 |
| Does circumcision lessen the fun of sex? | p. 92 |
| Does the kind of underpants men wear affect their fertility? | p. 93 |
| Is there really a G-spot? | p. 94 |
| Do Kegel exercises really work? | p. 95 |
| Can hot tubs make you infertile? | p. 96 |
| Do men need sex more often than women? | p. 97 |
| Can a man ever run out of sperm? | p. 97 |
| Are there any specific things that affect the scent of a woman? | p. 98 |
| Can a woman ejaculate? | p. 98 |
| What is a hickey? | p. 99 |
| Chapter 4 - Cani treat it myself? | |
| Can you take the tetracycline meant for fish tanks? | p. 103 |
| Does cranberry juice cure urinary tract infections? | p. 103 |
| Will yogurt cure a yeast infection if you put it "inside"? | p. 104 |
| Does candle flame remove earwax? | p. 104 |
| Is it smart to put butter on a burn? | p. 105 |
| Does melatonin work for jet lag? | p. 105 |
| Should you put a steak on a black eye? | p. 106 |
| Will toothpaste get rid of zits? | p. 106 |
| Is it dangerous to pop zits? | p. 107 |
| If someone is choking at a dinner party, can you do a tracheostomy with an oyster knife? | p. 108 |
| Does urinating on a jellyfish sting stop the burn? | p. 109 |
| Why is it bad to insert cotton swabs in your ears? | p. 110 |
| Is it dangerous to perform colonic irrigation on yourself? | p. 113 |
| Does breast milk cure warts? | p. 117 |
| If you get bitten by a snake, should you suck out the venom? | p. 117 |
| What are hiccups, and how do you get rid of them? | p. 118 |
| Does bathing in tomato juice remove the smell of a skunk? | p. 120 |
| Does eating fresh parsley cure bad breath? | p. 120 |
| Does warm milk really help you sleep? | p. 121 |
| Chapter 5 - Drugs and Alcohol | |
| "Beer before liquor, never sicker/Liquor before beer, never fear"? | p. 125 |
| Can poppy seeds make you test positive for heroin? | p. 126 |
| Why do you get the munchies when you are stoned? | p. 127 |
| Can a hair sample be used in a drug test? | p. 128 |
| Will a shot of bourbon cure a cold? | p. 129 |
| Does putting someone in a shower or giving him or her coffee stop a drug overdose? | p. 129 |
| Why do you throw up when you drink too much? | p. 130 |
| Does taking Ecstasy cause you to lose your memory? | p. 131 |
| Does drinking kill brain cells? | p. 132 |
| Why does the bed spin after a long night at the bar? | p. 133 |
| Why do you snore so loud when you are drunk? | p. 134 |
| Is red wine really good for your health? | p. 134 |
| Does marijuana help glaucoma? | p. 135 |
| Should you drink brandy when you have frostbite? | p. 135 |
| Can you get high from licking a toad? | p. 135 |
| Why do people seem more attractive to you when you are drunk? | p. 136 |
| Chapter 6 - Bathroom Humor | |
| Can you drink your own urine? | p. 139 |
| Why can you ignite a fart? | p. 139 |
| Why do you get all "pruney" after a long bath? | p. 141 |
| Is it more sanitary to be spit on or peed on? | p. 141 |
| Why do beans give you gas? | p. 142 |
| Would you die if you ate your own feces? | p. 143 |
| Will you get hemorrhoids from sitting on the toilet too long? | p. 148 |
| Why does poo stink if the food doesn't? | p. 149 |
| Why does poo float? | p. 149 |
| Why is poo brown? | p. 150 |
| Where does gas go when you can't fart? | p. 151 |
| If you are stranded on a desert island, should you drink seawater or your own urine? | p. 152 |
| Can you catch diseases from a toilet seat? | p. 152 |
| Why do I have to go to the bathroom immediately after a cup of coffee? | p. 153 |
| Why do cigarettes have a laxative effect? | p. 154 |
| Why do you have to pee when you hear water dripping? | p. 154 |
| If you stick a sleeping person's hand in warm water, will he or she wet the bed? | p. 154 |
| Is it dangerous to hold it when you have to pee? | p. 155 |
| What causes the rumbling in your stomach when you have to go? | p. 156 |
| Chapter 7 - Medicine from the Movies and TV | |
| Is the show ER accurate? | p. 165 |
| Does the kind of amnesia you see in the movies really exist? | p. 166 |
| What would happen if you stuck someone in the heart with a needle as in Pulp Fiction? | p. 168 |
| Why does everyone in the movies go into shock? | p. 169 |
| Can people really wake up after being in a coma for years? | p. 169 |
| Do you really need to remove a bullet right away like they do in old Westerns? | p. 171 |
| Is there really a medication that acts like a truth serum? | p. 172 |
| What is on the rags that villains use to make their victims pass out? | p. 173 |
| Can you die from choking on your own vomit, like the drummer in Spinal Tap? | p. 174 |
| Do people really have multiple personalities, like in Sybil? | p. 175 |
| Can you get scared to death? | p. 175 |
| Can you drink yourself to death like Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas? | p. 176 |
| Does hysterical blindness really exist? | p. 177 |
| What would really happen if a Junior Mint fell inside someone during surgery, as in the infamous Seinfeld episode? | p. 179 |
| Is it dangerous to eat another human being? | p. 180 |
| How many times can you be shot and still survive? | p. 183 |
| Is there such a thing as a werewolf? | p. 183 |
| Can you really explode from eating too much? | p. 184 |
| Do people ever have webbed hands and feet like the Man from Atlantis? | p. 185 |
| Why do you see stars when you are hit in the head? | p. 185 |
| What was wrong with the boy in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble? | p. 186 |
| Chapter 8 - Old Wives' Tales | |
| Is it true that you have to wait a half hour after eating to go swimming? | p. 189 |
| Will staring at an eclipse make you go blind? | p. 189 |
| Should you starve a fever and feed a cold? | p. 190 |
| Does wet or cold weather cause a cold? | p. 191 |
| Can you die from chasing Pop Rocks with Coke? | p. 192 |
| Can lip balm be addictive? | p. 193 |
| Is it true that left-handed people are smarter than right-handed people? | p. 194 |
| Will sleeping in front of a fan or an open window cause a stiff neck? | p. 195 |
| Do microwaves cause cancer? | p. 195 |
| Will using a cell phone give you a brain tumor? | p. 196 |
| Will a plate in your head set off a metal detector in the airport? | p. 196 |
| Is it dangerous to hold in a sneeze? | p. 197 |
| Can you swallow your tongue? | p. 197 |
| Chapter 9 - Getting Older | |
| Is it true that you lose tastebuds as you get older? | p. 203 |
| Why does hair turn gray? | p. 203 |
| Why do you shrink as you get older? | p. 204 |
| Why do old ladies grow beards? | p. 204 |
| Do your ears continue to grow after the rest of your body stops growing? | p. 204 |
| Why do you need less sleep when you get older? | p. 205 |
| What's up with the ear hair? | p. 206 |
| Do your nails or hair grow after you die? | p. 206 |
| What are age spots? | p. 206 |
| Is life span determined strictly by genetics? | p. 207 |
| Can taking vitamin C help you live longer? | p. 210 |
| Is there such a thing as male menopause? | p. 210 |
| Why are older people such bad drivers? | p. 214 |
| Is there really a wrinkle cure? | p. 214 |
| Can aluminum cause Alzheimer's? | p. 215 |
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