Shouty Caps, Hear and Now and How Metalheads Survived the '80s - Today on HowStuffWorks NOW

May 23, 2016 04:17 pm   Today on HowStuffWorks NOW   Ridiculous History: SHOUTY CAPS Are a Much Older Invention Than You Think We all know we're being yelled at when we get a text using all capital letters in an email. Did that start with the invention of the internet? Or is it something older?       Hear and Now: More Edible Tech and Penis Transplants, Less Internet Access HowStuffWorks Now has a podcast! In the sixth episode, the team covers the first successful U.S. penis transplant, edible electronics and restricted Internet access.       No Bull: Why Pet Stores Are Afraid of the Word 'Penis' Pet stores provide scientific, anatomical names for dog chews, so why resort to euphemisms like "pizzle" and "bully stick"? Dogs have no shame — but we humans do.       Metalheads Survived the '80s, and They're Doing Fine Heavy metal music of the 1980s promoted sex, drugs, devils and doom — yet surviving middle-aged fans are actually happy and well-adjusted, with few regrets.       Euthanasia Roller Coaster — the Movie! A Lithuanian artist conceptualized a roller coaster fast enough to kill people who wanted a novel way to commit suicide. Now there's a short film about it.       Beetle That Gives Birth to Live Young Discovered in Borneo, Your Nightmares Live birth observed in the Borneostyrax cristatus is the first example of ovovivparity seen in one of the world's largest families of beetles.       Prof's Teaching Assistant Isn't Human Any guesses as to what it was, if not some grad student?       It's an Electrical Cheese Sandwich for Your Gut You always wanted to eat electricity right? Now you can, and it might even provide a health benefit.       Queen Nefertiti in Secret Tomb Behind King Tut? It's Not That Simple Controversies surround not just the possible existence of hidden chambers, but even the ability of Egyptologists to undertake the search for them.     Copyright © 2016 InfoSpace LLC, All rights reserved. HowStuffWorks, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA 30308 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list