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One Tick Bite Can Make You Allergic To Steak
Some tick bites can leave something behind: an immune reaction to alpha-gal, a sugar found in beef, pork and lamb.
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A mosquito's 'bite' is really six tiny needles working together. Two saw into the skin, two hold it open, one pumps in saliva and one sucks blood. Only females do it, and the itch afterwards is your own immune system reacting to the saliva.
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- NPR: Mosquitoes Use 6 Needles To Suck Your Blood
- National Geographic: Here’s What Happens Inside You When a Mosquito Bites
- Cleveland Clinic: Mosquito Bites
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Why A Stuck Coin Battery Burns Your Throat From Inside
A coin battery has no sharp edges, but if it gets stuck in the esophagus, wet tissue completes its circuit.
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Why Your Seatbelt Locks When You Yank It
Pull a seatbelt slowly and it glides out, but yank it and it locks right away.
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