Dr.Boom

This slo-mo angle of Stephon Castle’s poster is a work of art. 🥶 (via @NBA)

The older I get, the more I realize making memories with family, a solid fitness routine, a job you don't hate, a group chat of great friends, annual traditions, and a productive hobby will lead to a very happy life.

An excellent account on travel if you are looking for inspiration this summer. Definitely worth a follow.

Researchers at the University of Bergen ran a study comparing 213 Sudanese men. Half brushed their teeth with a chewed tree root. Half used a regular plastic toothbrush. The tree root group came out with healthier gums and less plaque. That stick is called a miswak. The WHO has been quietly recommending it since 1986. In 2011, scientists at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute finally cracked the chemistry. The active ingredient is benzyl isothiocyanate, a natural plant defense compound from the same family of sulfur molecules that give cabbage and mustard their sharp bite. The compound punches through the outer wall of bacteria that cause gum disease. From there, it dismantles the chemistry that keeps the bacteria alive. The Karolinska team isolated it by running root extracts through a chemical analyzer that identifies individual molecules. The stick comes from the Salvadora persica tree, which grows in dry parts of Africa, the Middle East, and India. Inside the wood you also find natural fluoride, a gentle abrasive called silica that polishes off plaque, sulfur compounds, and tannins that tighten gum tissue. A separate team at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg ran another trial. They soaked the sticks in a fluoride solution. The fluoride left in the test group’s saliva came out higher than what people got from regular fluoride toothpaste. A more recent systematic review pulled together a stack of randomized trials. Miswak on its own controlled plaque about as well as a regular toothbrush. Used alongside the toothbrush, it actually beat brushing alone on both plaque and gum inflammation scores. The Princess Nourah University trial from 2024 complicates that. Over two weeks, the miswak group’s plaque held steady while the toothbrush group’s dropped further. And gums in the miswak group got noticeably worse for people who sawed at their teeth too hard. Aggressive horizontal scrubbing tears at the soft tissue along the gum line. One stick costs under 10 cents in the regions where the tree grows, and a single twig lasts for weeks. In sub-Saharan Africa, herbal toothpastes built around miswak and neem (another bitter chewing-stick tree) made up over a quarter of toothpaste sales in 2023. The honest caveat is that Western dental literature treats the miswak as an add-on rather than a replacement, mostly because reaching the back molars with a stick is awkward. Used correctly, with soft perpendicular brushing along the gum line and no aggressive sawing, it does what a toothbrush does and adds a low-grade antibiotic on top. For most of human dental history, this is what cleaning your teeth looked like.

Chad Ochocinco says he saved over 80% of his fortune by not trying to impress people, adding he buys fake jewelry, drives the same car since 2006, and flies economy instead of private 👀🤔 "Everybody is caught up in image." "Why buy a $50,000 watch when time is free?"

🚨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪: Ousmane Dembélé could become the FIRST player in football HISTORY to win 2 World Cups, 2 Champions Leagues, and 2 Ballon d’Ors.

one of my nggas is a substitute teacher 😂

This ex-flight attendant just dropped the top hacks she uses to save big on flights. She says book on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday, and always late at night or super early in the morning. Use incognito mode or a VPN so the airlines can’t track your location and jack up the price. And the game-changer? Forward your confirmation to JetBacks — they’ll automatically track your flight and refund you the difference if the price drops before takeoff. I also heard that booking on a computer instead of your phone can sometimes save you money too (the algorithms treat desktop traffic a little differently). Just a few smart moves can turn “expensive travel” into “we actually got this done affordably” — and that feels so amazing. Have you tried any of these hacks, or do you have your own secret for scoring cheaper flights?

I remember seeing a woman on the news who lived to be 110+ & they asked her secret — she said she ate one sweet potato a day. I started eating one a day about a year ago. I have perfect blood results.

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MITCHELL MARNER ARE YOU KIDDING?! Undisputed GOAL OF THE PLAYOFFS 😵😮‍💨

I love when couples really understand the concept of growing and building together. It’s beautiful

I don’t talk much about my sobriety, because it wasn’t supposed to be a thing. I mean, I didn’t think I had an addiction. Then it hit me. It doesn’t have to be an addiction to be a problem. I haven’t drank since Sept 9, 2022, but I made no announcements the day I stopped drinking. Maybe, that was to escape accountability. I’ve thought of taking a sip since, but it always comes back to, “what good has it ever done?”. So, here we are 3 years, 8 months later, & life is better. I am better! #MentalHealthAwareness #Sobriety #Addiction

Mans put on his best ice to watch Bron get swept . Where can i find his Jersey man

Men, y’all should learn skincare from him.

Ajay is so cold bro