An overdose means having too much of a drug (or other substance) for your body to be able to cope with. There really can be ‘too much of a good thing’. You can overdose on almost anything, even water.
If you are just wondering how much it would take to overdose commonly used substance just watch this video. Amounts calculated for one sitting consumption by a 150lb person.
The Toxoplasma parasite is an unusually devious operator. When it infects mice, it alters their behaviour so they become fearless enough to seek out cats and get eaten. But exactly how it did this was a mystery.
If you thought a cold was bad get a real scare by watching 10 horrifying incurable diseases.
By any and all measures, Einstein was a genius. But what made him so different from any other person? Turns out his brain was wired in a very different way! Anthony takes a look inside to show you the ways in which Einstein’s brain was both different and similar to yours.
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Recently the China National Tourism Administration released a 64 page illustrated manual title “Guidelines For Civilized Travel Abroad”. This is the latest attempt by the Chinese government to salvage the terrible reputation their people have acquired as tourists in foreign lands. These are 25 strange travel tips from the Chinese government.