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Sideswipe: Jan 6: Box too big

Ana Samways
By Ana Samways
Sideswipe - ana.samways@nzherald.co.nz·NZ Herald·
5 Jan, 2016 04:00 PM3 mins to read

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I know it's weighed, but why can't they make the packaging to size, unless it's some kinda psychological manipulation?

I know it's weighed, but why can't they make the packaging to size, unless it's some kinda psychological manipulation?

Ana Samways
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I swear I'm not making this up

Reddit asks it's users, What incredible thing happened to you when you were alone that no one believes happened?

1. "I was sitting on a park bench eating a muffin. Suddenly a bird swoops down and hits the muffin out of my hand. Simultaneously 5 other birds congregate where the muffin is about to drop. The second it hits the ground they pick it apart and I'm just sitting there in awe. I sat there for 10 minutes after they flew away and processed that I just got jumped by a bunch of birds and it seemed to be choreographed."

2. "I used to work at a horse stable that had some miniature ponies. They were in a separate barn at the top of a little hill, and on my way up to feed them one morning (I kid you not) I came upon probably the most sickly sweet and unbelievable sight of my lifetime - there was a little bunny family with about three or four baby bunnies hopping around in the stall nibbling on the grass alongside the ponies, while a small cluster of butterflies flitted around overhead. As I was watching this happen I couldn't believe it was real."

3. "When driving along the highway, I saw a piece of paper flying around past all the cars. Out of reflex, I stuck my arm out the window at a straight 180 degrees and caught the piece of paper in my hand. Upon opening it, it was titled "Letter to a Wizard". I still keep this piece of paper to this day.

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Giving birth a medal-worthy achievement

MRIs have shown childbirth is as brutal on a woman's body as the damage endured by hardcore athletes. The University of Michigan team found that 15 per cent of women suffer pelvic injuries that don't heal, even when they faithfully follow the common advice of doing exercises after childbirth. More specifically, 25 per cent of women in the study suffered the equivalent of a sports stress fracture, 41 per cent suffered muscle tears, and two-thirds suffered severe muscle strains. In the case of muscle tears, the muscle sometimes detached from the pubic bone, something no amount of exercises could fix. The injuries would have remained largely invisible if not for the MRIs. "If an athlete sustained a similar injury in the field, she'd be in an MRI machine in an instant," says researcher Janis Miller.

A very unfortunate name.
A very unfortunate name.

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