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    How dirty is the public pool? You may never want to swim again

    Because it turns out there is no such thing as a truly waterproof diaper, according to Nicholas Ashbolt, a professor with the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. The swim diapers and pants only delay leaking for a few minutes, because while they may “hold some solid feces, they are not leak proof,” according to the CDC website. Adults are not likely to intentionally defecate in a public pool, but some are unintentionally adding their fecal matter to the pool.

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    It’s All Easy, is it? What I learned from eating like Gwyneth Paltrow for a week

    Gwyneth Paltrow is so easy to hate.  She looks ah-mazing as usual whilst smugly smiling, holding a wooden crate full of expensive-looking vegetables on the cover of her new cookbook, It’s All Easy: Delicious Weekday Recipes for the Super-Busy Home Cook.  Cue the eye rolls. What does G.P. (which is her nickname now … at least according to her book) know about being a super-busy home cook?

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    Can you use common medicine cabinet items past the expiry date?

    Many people’s medicine cabinets are a trip down memory lane: Tylenol from that time you had a splitting headache after your mother-in-law came to visit, cough syrup from the cold you had during the polar vortex of 2014, allergy medication from the last time you broke out in hives. Can you use these common items after their expiration dates or should you chuck them all during your spring cleaning session? As a rule of thumb, many of the items collecting dust in your medicine cabinet will likely s

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    McDonald’s Shamrock Shake vs. Big Mac: Which has more calories?

    Over the years the minty milkshake has gained a cult status, with many writers noting just as Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte signals fall is coming nothing says spring is about to get sprung quite like Shamrock Shake Season. A medium Shamrock Shake has 710 calories, which is 10 calories less than a medium vanilla or strawberry shake from McDonald’s and 40 calories less than the Golden Arches medium chocolate shake.

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    6 tips for feeling rested when you haven’t slept a wink

    I’m so tired, my mind is on the blink,” wrote John Lennon back in 1968. Many of us in 2016 can still relate to the lyrics Lennon wrote nearly 50 years ago.  Feeling less tired after a bad night’s rest is part art, part science.

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    Can’t get up in the morning? Try these 9 cool alarm clocks

    Beep! Beeeep! Beep! If you’re sick of hitting the snooze button each morning it might be time you try one of these new devices to get you up and at ‘em every a.m

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    The PMS Package will mail you a box of treats right before your period every month

    The PMS Package that recently went viral unfortunately doesn’t feature soft pretzels, but offers women a mix of sweet treats, such as Christmas-themed Jelly Bellys and a pair of socks with reindeers on them. The PMS Packages start at $12.99 U.S. per month for the Mini Package and go up to $34.99 U.S. for the Executive Package. The mix of treats changes every month and the mail out is timed to your cycle.