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4 Year-Old Conjoined Twins Share Brains, Thoughts, But Have Distinct Personalities

by daniel November 5, 2010
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Tatiana and Krista Hogan are conjoined, what we used to call Siamese, twins. What makes them even more special though, is that not only are they connected at the head, [...]

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Study: Alcohol More “Harmful” Than Cocaine, Meth, Heroin

by daniel November 1, 2010
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A new study, appearing in medical journal The Lancet, ranks alcohol as the most harmful drug, above such crowd favorites as heroin, crack, cocaine, meth and weed: The study involved [...]

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23-Year-Old Man Dies of Caffeine Overdose

by daniel October 29, 2010
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You ever drink too much Red Bull and think “Holy shit, I’m gonna DIE” but then the rational part of your brain takes over with the whole “No one’s ever [...]

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Milk From Cows Milked at Night Might Help You Sleep Better

by daniel October 19, 2010
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Those Germans! From the same minds that brought you the “staring at tits helps you live longer” study comes the idea of nocturnal milk, milk from cows milked at night [...]

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Study: Skinny Dudes Make Less Money

by daniel October 7, 2010
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A recent study of American and German workers which showed, to absolutely not a single damn person’s surprise, that skinny girls make more than fat girls, also showed, somewhat more [...]

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Kentucky Man Who Killed Wife Claims Caffeine-Induced Insanity

by daniel September 20, 2010
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A man in Kentucky who strangled his wife to death with an extension cord is claiming that at the time of the murder, he was so bounced on caffeine from [...]

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Study: Muscle Stimulators

by Kat Cruz September 17, 2010
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We got our hands on a handy-dandy ReliaMed Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator here at the HQ. Our very own COO, Jon Shaner, is reaping all the benefits of this nifty [...]

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Spotted: Wanderlei Silva in a TruckerDeluxe Tee at Huntington Ink in Vegas

by daniel September 17, 2010
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By now you’ve probably noticed that we’re pretty big fans of Wanderlei Silva around these parts: we sell his WAND Fight Team shirts, bring him out to California every once [...]

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Experts: Popular People Get the Flu First

by daniel September 15, 2010

A new report in leading science journal PLoS ONE concludes that popular people get the flu on average of two weeks before the rest of the public, and probably like [...]

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Study: Chlorine In Pools Increases Risk of Cancer

by daniel September 14, 2010
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A Spanish study has found that the chlorine found in swimming pool water increases the risk of cancer among swimmers, even after just 40 minutes of exposure. Great. We all [...]

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The $160 Cheese Sandwich

by daniel September 10, 2010
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While Americans are keeping themselves on hog status with the $4 double fried Mozzarella Cheese stick Melt from Denny’s, cats in England are hollering at the $160 cheese sandwich created [...]

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Study: Staring at Tits Increases Men’s Life Expectancy

by daniel September 7, 2010
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Sometimes, science really is your friend. A five-year German study (authored by a woman, no less) has found that making a habit of staring at a woman’s breasts is not [...]

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Pornstar Prince Yahshua Suffers Broken Penis

by daniel September 3, 2010
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Most dudes who’ve been in the game for more than a minute have experienced the dreaded “broken dick”, where your partner zigs and you zag and things get a little [...]

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Study: Heavy Drinkers Outlive Those Who Never Drink

by daniel August 30, 2010
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Bukowski was right, as usual. A new study by researchers at the University of Texas has found that not only do those who never drink alcohol die at a higher [...]

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Did You Know: You’re Pooping Wrong

by daniel August 26, 2010
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The sit-down toilet is a relatively modern invention, one which those who have access it to it seem to enjoy far more than the alternative: squatting like a baseball catcher [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Cross-Eyed Kids Get Invited to Fewer Birthday Parties

by daniel August 19, 2010
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Man, cross-eyed people can’t seem to catch a break. Scientists have already shown that cross-eyed people can’t get laid, or get a job and that their teachers in school didn’t [...]

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Denny’s Debuts New Fried Cheese Melt

by daniel August 11, 2010
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For years, the best thingĀ (and only thing worth ordering IMO) at Denny’s is the sampler of fried shit called, fittingly enough, The Sampler (the “of fried shit” is merely implied). [...]

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Tokyo’s “Oldest Man” is Actually a Mummy Skeleton

by daniel July 30, 2010
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Mummy Skeleton: He was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo – but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his 111th birthday, they uncovered [...]

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NOT As Seen on TV: The Instinctive Drowning Response

by daniel July 26, 2010
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So drowning, besides being probably the most awful way to die this side of being paralyzed then eaten alive by meat bees, is also one of those things that TV [...]

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Today’s List: The World’s Happiest Countries

by daniel July 23, 2010
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Gallup has released the results of a five-year study that set out to figure out which countries had the world’s happiest people. The results are in, and not surprisingly, the [...]

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It’s Official: Proposition 19

by daniel June 29, 2010
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Though its been known for some time the legalization of Marijuana would be on this November’s statewide ballot in California, the measure got it’s official Proposition number today, 19, and [...]

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Study: Swingers More at Risk For STDs Than Prostitutes

by daniel June 24, 2010
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Are you a swinger? More particularly a straight swinger over the age of 45? Your genitals are, according to Dutch researchers, officially filthier than a prostitutes, but not quite as [...]

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Autopsy Shows Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Died From OD

by daniel June 11, 2010
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Wow, what a complete shock: the dude from pseudo-metal post-glam outfit Avenged Sevenfold (aka Guns ‘n’ Bro-ses) who “mysteriously” died earlier this year, was the victim of “acute polydrug intoxication” [...]

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In-N-Out Burger Expanding Into Texas

by daniel June 1, 2010
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In-N-Burger, that decidely California fast-food joint, has long been limited to locations in only four states – California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona – much to the chagrin of the rest [...]

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Happy Memorial Day

by daniel June 1, 2010
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Make sure to eat some chocolate covered bacon. On a stick.

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Suck on This: Blood Energy Potion

by daniel May 28, 2010
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Find yourself tired of generic piss colored energy drinks, or those shitty gas station concoctions that make you feel like a half-rate meth addict? (Nod your head, yes) Also, remember [...]

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Study: Sunscreen Gives You Cancer Faster

by daniel May 24, 2010
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So remember all those times that doctors and your mom and basically every other figure of authority in the world told you that the MOST IMPORTANT THING to do in [...]

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Don’t Want Alzheimers? Drink Some Coffee

by daniel May 19, 2010
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Just in case you’re not already a subscriber, the current issue Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease includes an entire supplement dedicated to “Therapeutic Opportunities for Caffeine in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other [...]

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The TruckerDeluxe Fitness Program

by daniel May 12, 2010
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Its well known that a physically fit employee is a productive employee. To that end, some jobs give you all sorts of fancy gym memberships and four-star in-house chefs, but [...]

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Study: 10-Hour Workdays Bad For Your Heart

by daniel May 11, 2010
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Next time your boss tells you to take one for the team and put in that extra couple hours at the TruckerDeluxe…um, I mean, YOUR office, tell him that, for [...]

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Women’s Health Magazine Names Sierra Nevada Bigfoot “Worst Beer” in America

by daniel May 10, 2010
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Chico, the rural college town in which TruckerDeluxe was born and raised, is known for a couple of things: first and foremost, of course, is TruckerDeluxe. DUH! But Chico’s also [...]

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