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electric razors make you stupid

2004-05-02 05:21:51.160702+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

How did I miss this? Researchers in the University of Washington's Department of Bioengineering have found that prolonged exposure to 60Hz magnetic fields can cause brain DNA damage. Such fields are generated by common household appliances like electric razors and hair trimmers. Once again, my grooming habits are vindicated. In the most recent Funny Times Raymond Lesser elaborated:

This apparently confirms something many of us have suspected; people with the most elaborately coiffed hair are probably missing more than a few brain cells. And the longe rthey work perfecting their hairdos, the more serious the brain damage becomes. This also explains why many scientists look like wild-eyed, half-shaven maniacs....

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