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Can Genealogy Sites Use Your DNA However They Want?

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Critics worry that when you send your DNA to Ancestry.com for personal analysis it can be used for other purposes. HowStuffWorks checks out whether these fears are warranted.

Was the Terrifying 18th-century Beast of Gévaudan a Wolf or Something More Sinister?

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In the 1760s in the town of Gévaudan, France, a monster lurked, killing as many as 100 people. But, the identity of the Beast of Gévaudan remains unknown.

Are Dingoes Dangerous (and Did One Really Eat a Baby)?

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These wily canines are probably best known because of the phrase 'a dingo ate my baby.' But did a dingo really eat a baby? And do they even attack humans?

Mary Edwards Walker: Civil War Surgeon and the Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient

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We'll be blunt: Mary Edwards deserves mad respect. She was a feminist and abolitionist; the first female Civil War surgeon in the U.S. Army; and a Civil War POW. Plus she wore pants!

Why Breathing Through Your Nose Is Best

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We've probably all been breathing wrong our entire lives. Why is that? Experts suggest we should focus on breathing through our noses and most of us don't.

The Dreaded Bradford Pear Tree Smell Isn't Very Pear-Like

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Its blooms are lovely. But to many, the Bradford pear tree's smell and invasiveness are anything but.

Survivor Guilt: Living Through Major Trauma

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The suicides of two survivors of a mass school shooting show how long trauma lingers. HowStuffWorks looks how and why we process survivor guilt.

What If Humans Could Breathe Underwater?

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Remove that pesky drowning risk, and the world formerly under the sea opens with possibility - despite our inefficient limbs and tendency toward hypothermia.

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