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\n\"ghostA Real Life Ghost Story<\/a><\/p>\n

Are you scared of the dark? Do you sleep with the light on? Do you hear noises in other parts of the house when you know you\u2019re alone? You\u2019re about to read a ghostly tale with an incredible twist: It really happened! DOCTOR WHO? William Wilmer, an ophthalmologist who practiced in Washington, D.C. in the early 1900s, was one of the most distinguished eye doctors of his era. Among his patients were eight different presidents, from William McKinley to Franklin Roosevelt. He also treated Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator; Joseph Pulitzer, the New York newspaper tycoon and creator of the Pulitzer Prize; and countless other prominent Americans. But perhaps his most unusual claim to fame is the fact that in 1921…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"flu\"Can the Flu Vaccine Give You the Flu?<\/a><\/p>\n

Vaccines, in general, have been a massive boon to humanity. They\u2019ve rid the world of an affliction that has plagued humanity for thousands of years in smallpox (for reference killing over 300 million people in the 20th century alone before it was eradicated), and have almost completely wiped out polio, all while preventing millions of deaths from countless other viruses every single year. As for the flu vaccine, it\u2019s recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institute of Health, and almost every other major health organization around the world. Despite this, outside of whether certain vaccines can give babies autism (see our article: Do Vaccines Cause Autism?), few vaccines garner as much controversy as the flu vaccine. So if vaccines are so great- and they unequivocally…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"alien-DJ\"NASA and Their Real Life Space DJs<\/a><\/p>\n

Nobody is really quite sure how the tradition of waking up NASA astronauts with pieces of music got started; NASA itself only notes that \u201cWake-up calls are a long-standing NASA tradition.\u201d However, archivist and historian Colin Fries, who has painstakingly tracked down every example of a song or clip played by NASA in such a scenario going all the way back to 1965, is fairly confident that the earliest example of such a wake-up call occurred during the 1965 Gemini 6 mission on December 16th, likely as a joke. During this mission, astronauts Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford were woken up by a recording of singer Jack Jones and Hello Dolly. According to Fries, earlier missions in the Gemini…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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