secret history
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The Secret WWII Club That Healed Burned Pilots And Revolutionised Plastic Surgery
One of the most exclusive clubs in Great Britain is not full of hereditary peers and socialites, but instead counts former pilots and servicemen as its chief members. It’s called the Guinea Pig Club and membership dues are steep.
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How Playboy Used To Be An Innovator In Porn Technology
Come March of 2016, Playboy magazine is ditching nude photos in favour of the merely scantily clad. (Go ahead and make the joke about reading it for the articles. I’ll wait.) The magazine has struggled to make a profit in a world brimming with free internet pornography. Which is interesting, given Playboy’s long history of…
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6 Treatments For Erectile Dysfunction We’re Glad No One Uses Anymore
Erectile dysfunction isn’t a new problem, but there weren’t any effective treatments for the condition until the middle of the 20th century. Before then, desperate people turned to sympathetic magic, patent medicines, fad treatments, and convincing frauds to try to get it up.
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The Ancestor Of The Menstrual Cup Was More Like A Menstrual Canteen
The first modern-style menstrual cup was patented in 1932, but that wasn’t the first time inventors turned their skills to the problem of keeping bloody goo off women’s clothes. Take, for example, this little gem from 1884. It’s a menstrual cup, attached to a reservoir big enough to last for days.