It may not be the best thing for your teeth, but chewing gum could be a good thing for your brains. According to a study, chomping away on a piece of gum boosts your thinking and alertness.
Dante Autullo of Illinois is counting his blessings after an X-ray revealed that he’d been walking around with a 3 1/4 inch nail into the middle of his brain. Autullo, who had been using the nail gun to build a shed in his yard, said that he knew something strange had happened. "It really felt like I got punched on the side of the head," he told the Associated Press adding that he cont