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As early as 550 BC, King Cyrus the Great and his Persian lawmakers were said to get drunk before deliberating important decisions and then debate them again the next day while sober. If they still agreed, the new law was passed. It spawned the Persian saying “Masti O Rasti,” meaning “drunkenness and truthfulness.”

Nobody wants yellow teeth if we can help it, right? But seeing as whitening treatments cost an arm and a leg, here’s a DIY (read: cheap) way to keep your pearly whites shining bright: avoid certain foods and drinks.

(Though it probably won’t help you remember anything while you’re drinking it.)Resveratrol, the substance responsible for many of the benefits of red wine, has been shown to increase the number of brain connections made by wine drinkers to eventually improve memory. Just make sure your memory is good enough to recall why you should limit it to one glass — or risk the ...

10. Breast Milk Breast milk is the substance produced by the breasts (or mammary glands) of a human female for her offspring. Milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to eat and digest other foods. Babies are breastfed several times each and everyday, gulping down millions of ounces of milk across the entire globe ...