| May 7, 2006 | -
Zimbabwe was facing an acute tampon shortage.
| Source:
Times Online
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| January 4, 2005 | - Congressman Zach Wamp said the changes made him feel like he had "just taken a shower."
| Source:
The New York Times
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| January 24, 2004 | - Frequent underarm shaving together with deodorant use could increase the risk of breast cancer.
| Source: New Scientist
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| September 26, 2003 | -
Bedbugs were making a comeback in the United States.
| Source: Associated Press
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| September 18, 2003 | - British authorities were worried about the recent popularity of "dogging," or meeting strangers in public for unprotected sex, and they said that sexually transmitted diseases were on the rise.
| Source: BBC
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| August 26, 2003 | - Murfreesboro, Tennessee, adopted a new policy banning offensive body odor among city employees.
| Source:
Knoxville News Sentinel
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| July 31, 2001 | - Blood-sucking bedbugs, “the new scourge of America,” were said to be thriving in luxury hotels.
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| July 3, 2001 | - A three-year-old Italian boy was fined for peeing on a tree in a park in Rome; the traumatized boy, fearing another arrest, was said to be having a difficult time going potty.
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| January 30, 2001 | -
Kentucky's governor proposed mandatory curbside garbage collection as a solution to the hillbilly propensity to throw garbage off the back porch.
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