Like some kind of microscopic zombie it crawls in your nose while you’re swimming, goes directly up to your brain and begins feasting on your brain matter until you die a painful death less than seven days later. It is undetectable, nearly incurable and has killed at least three people in as many months. Its name is naegleria fowleri and it is easily the scariest thing lurking in pools of fresh water across America.

When police in Bellaire, OH arrived at the home of an unnamed 43-year-old man they found the man literally stuck to his seat. "Last night's Top Chef finale was that good," he explained. Ha ha. No, just kidding. He was too fat to move and his skin had become fused to his chair by two years worth of urine, feces and maggots.

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War isn't pretty, but sometimes you need to see the ravages of battle close up to appreciate the impact. These photos from over 100 years of war illustrate not only the grisly nature of armed conflict, but also the challenges faced by medical personnel charged with patching up soldiers and innocent bystanders caught in the line of fire -- especially in the eras before advances in anesthesia, plastic surgery, amputation and modern medicine. WARNING: not for the squeamish!

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