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Skin Myths Debunked

There are certainly lots of medical myths that no matter how strongly they’ve been debunked and proven wrong through scientific research, they just won’t die.
You might have heard the myth that touching frogs causes warts. There’s no truth about this because warts are caused by the papilloma virus.
Perhaps, the elders [...]

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Tropical Cyclone Names in the Philippines | Typhoon Names in the Philippines

I remember, in our fifth grade Science subject, we studied and even memorized a few typhoon names. During those times, PAG-ASA (Philippine Athmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) used the old sets of names derived from those of the women elders’ like Rosing, Nitang, Uring, Ruping, etc.
In 2001, they began to use new sets [...]

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