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Fact-Checking All the Health Advice You Got From Youth Sports

Sore ankle after colliding with the catcher? Walk it off. Elbow bleeding after a close play at second? Rub some dirt on it. (Actually, don’t. Please, please don’t.)

What’s in This?: Liquid Band-Aids

All eight ingredients in this wound glue, explained (yep, even benzethonium chloride)

Actually Ripping Ass Is as Rare as It Is Painful

While literally ‘ripping ass’ — tearing the gluteus maximus — sounds pretty funny, the reality is far from a laughing matter. Just ask Queen guitarist Brian May

There’s No Use Crying Over Spilled Blood

In pro wrestling, at least, the real violence is much more mundane