# Cool things you know that you wish you didn't

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-know-that-you-wish-you-didnt/823868 "2018-11-02T00:30:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-know-that-you-wish-you-didnt/823868/61 "2018-11-08T09:03:04Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Well, I certainly wish I didn’t Google that AlphaTwit. You warned me but I am stupid, and looked it up, anyway. Aaaccckkkk!

I looked it up too.

One of the first references Google turned up was a journal article linking this gangrene to excessive masturbation. I wonder why my mom never mentioned it. Probably a bit worse than hairy palms or going blind.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-know-that-you-wish-you-didnt/823868/62 "2018-11-08T12:25:01Z")

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> [@Orville\_mogul](#):
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> That’s strange. When it happened to me, the one thing that immediately stood out was that it _wasn’t_ salty. I figured later that maybe most of the salt ends up in the urine?

Yes, you would think so.

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