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Scientists Invented Perfect Urinal Design That Stops Splashes

Scientists may have found an answer to a unique issue people who can pee standing up face daily. After extensive research, scientists have found a urinal toilet design they say eliminates splashing and mess — you know, when you’re peeing and all of the sudden your pants have caught some strays, too. Not only would this mean a lot less gross for many people, but it also would make urinals more accessible for people of different heights.

What Know About Your Balls

Testicles are confusing. Men tend to understand their penises, which serve a clear purpose, function more or less predictably, and don’t send a message to your brain that the world is ending every time they’re slightly perturbed. The same cannot be said for the sack and its sensitive contents. Men’s main non-erotic interaction with their testes comes in the form of self-examinations, which can be awkward or unwieldy because this is a part of the male anatomy that never quite feels totally normal.

10 Tips for Using MDF Wood

6 / 10 Sand, Prime, Sand The face of MDF is smooth, but the edges are fuzzy like the skin of a peach. If you just slap paint on the fuzz, it will look and feel like sandpaper. So you have to get rid of the peach fuzz before you paint. I have two recipes for smooth edges: one for “good-enough” edges and the other for edges that will get a high-gloss finish.

8 Ways To Keep Squirrels Out of Your Yard

Today, it’s hard to imagine any city without squirrels. But before the mid-1800s, wild squirrels didn’t live in U.S. cities at all. That changed in the latter part of the century, thanks to attempts to beautify the nation’s industrial centers. Mayors from New York to Philadelphia started bringing in squirrels to town squares and parks. Those early city dwellers had to be fed by the city or well-meaning citizens because natural food sources like trees were scarce.

Lena Dunham Has Only One Regret About Vagina Flash in Latest 'Girls' Episode

Since its 2011 kickoff, Girls has been a proud hotbed of butts, boobs and nudity that would have your church-going grandmother clutching her pearls, but Hannah Horvath's "Basic Instinct" moment on last night's (April 3) episode has left proudly bold show creator Lena Dunham with at least one regret. Less than a minute into "Hello Kitty," Hannah — who saw her teaching career flashing before her eyes during a scolding from the school's principal — threw caution to the wind and opened her skirt as a cheeky strategy to keep her job.