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This is a weekly wrap of our Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"heart\"<\/a>Hollywood Medical Myths Part 2: Injecting Medicine Into Your Heart can Be Beneficial<\/a><\/p>\n

Ah, the dramatic scene that ends with an actor stabbing a needle straight into their heart, narrowly escaping death and magically curing whatever ailment just befell them. While very dramatic, it\u2019s also very untrue and an exceptionally bad idea if your goal is to get better.\u00a0 In the end, it doesn\u2019t matter whether or not the medication attempting to be delivered would actually work in the described situations; this myth comes down to one thing: if you stick a needle in your heart, you will bleed to death from the small hole you just placed there. Just like a… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"pocket-watch\"<\/a>The Secret Message Recently Found in Abraham Lincoln’s Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

On the surface, it could be any other high-end watch from the mid-1800s. Inside, however, amidst the cogs and gears, is a different story. The words \u201cFort Sumpter was attacked by the rebels. Thank God we have a government\u201d are etched there, though the author of the text remembered writing something a tad different, as you\u2019ll soon see. The watch was Abraham Lincoln\u2019s. On April 13, 1861, it was being repaired by Jonathan Dillon… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"beer\"<\/a>Medical Oddities Part 2: You Can Brew Beer in Your Digestive Tract<\/a><\/p>\n

Imagine- your wife begins to think you\u2019re a closet alcoholic, so she purchases a breathalyzer to test your blood alcohol content (BAC) throughout the day. Your doctors concur with her assessment, thinking you\u2019re sneaking off into dark corners to imbibe without the judging eyes of the world to condemn you. The only problem, you really haven\u2019t been drinking. All of the begging and pleading in the world won\u2019t convince anyone. After all, you\u2019re constantly drunk. That\u2019s exactly what happened to a 61 year old man from Texas. After going… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Alfred_Nobel\"<\/a>Alfred Nobel- The Merchant of Death<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cmerchant of death\u201d title was given to him due to Nobel inventing, and making most of his vast fortune off of, dynamite and other types of explosives, such as \u201cballistite\u201d, which was the precursor to quite a lot of military grade explosive devices. Nobel came up with the idea of using his money for these annual prizes after his brother, Ludvig, died in 1888 and a French newspaper mistakenly thought it had been Alfred Nobel… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"mind-control\"<\/a>Mind Control: From the Inside Out<\/a><\/p>\n

The term \u201cmind control\u201d conjures up visions of someone manipulating people from the outside, such as an evil, brainwashing scientist or a supernatural being that takes dominion of a person just with the power of his mind. But since people don\u2019t experience this in their daily lives, most don\u2019t believe in mind control, and think of it as just a fantasy, suitable only for books, games and movies. How wrong they are! Mind control exists, it happens every day and it may be happening to you right now… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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