Viagra doesn’t work on panda bears.

A recent study in The Journal of Law and Economics says a new helmet law reduces bicycle deaths among children by about 19%.

Ohio may be the Buckeye State, but many old men in East Texas carry around buckeye seeds for good luck. Buckeye seeds are also known as horse chestnuts; in a tradition going back to Tibet, believers say carrying them fights pain.

Victorian physicians practiced gynecology and urology on women without looking.

There are four types of hanging: suspension, short drop, normal drop, and long drop. A person can die in multiple ways from hanging, including strangulation, compression of the trachea and major neck arteries, and snapping of the neck. The C2 vertebra snaps; this injury is called a “hangman’s fracture.”

This article appears in November 19 • 2010.

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