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Given her perfect posture and poise, you’d never guess that there was something off about Jackie O’s gait. However, in her book Jackie’s Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family, the former first lady’s personal assistant Kathy McKeon revealed that she had significantly uneven legs. There was “a quarter-inch lift affixed to one heel on each pair of Madam’s shoes, apparently meant to compensate for one leg being slightly shorter than the other,” McKeon writes....

A toothache doesn’t always require a trip to your dentist; actually, it may be a signal of a heart attack, as cardiologist Amar Singhal writes. “The pain may feel like it’s radiating outward from the teeth or along the jaw, or can even feel like earache,” he explains. That’s because, according to Greg Grobmyer, DDS, a dentist with Authority Dental, “oral bacteria can enter the bloodstream through inflamed tissues and settle on heart valves, creating bacterial plaques that lead to heart disease and heart attacks, strokes, and more....

Where to stream it: Netflix This black-and-white biopic of Citizen Cane scribe Herman J. Mankiewicz scored the most Oscar nominations of any film this year. It’s up for 10 awards: Best Picture, Best Director (David Fincher), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Oldman), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Amanda Seyfried), as well as Best Original Score, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, and Best Sound....

What makes this 1989 Burger King commercial feel like such a flashback isn’t just the presence of a young Ben Affleck—it’s also the fact that he’s using a car phone to talk to a girl who wants a chef’s salad, while the ’60s throwback “Do You Believe in Magic” by The Lovin’ Spoonful plays in the background. For more fun from that decade, here are 30 Movie Quotes Every ’80s Kid Knows by Heart....

Though it sounds too good to be true, it is very much possible to get paid just for shopping online like you normally would. It really is a simple process. Step 1: Sign up for a rebate site like Ebates. Step 2: Shop at its affiliate stores—and there are a lot of those, from Sephora to Walmart. Step 3: Earn as much as 20 percent cash back on your purchases at those affiliates....

These close contact measurements are used by the CDC to conduct contact tracing, which is how health officials identify people who have the coronavirus and who they could’ve infected in order to initiate isolation and quarantine to try to stop the spread. If you are someone who is considered to be in close contact with someone infected with COVID-19, health officials may reach out to notify you of your potential exposure, refer you for testing, and monitor you for signs and symptoms of the coronavirus....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Wake Up Often at Night, You Could Be Lacking This Nutrient. Most of us already know that drinking soda isn’t good for us. That’s why many people choose diet soda, thinking it’s a less harmful option. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Although diet soda products claim to be sugar-free, they usually contain artificial sweeteners—and artificially-sweetened beverages are associated with heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and all-cause mortality, according to a 2021 study published in Nutrients....

Birthday: August 26, 1980 For more stars who hit it big when they were little, here are 25 Child Actors When They Got Their Start Vs. Now. Birthday: October 17, 1972 Birthday: January 17, 1980 For famous faces who competed for the mirror ball, here are 25 Celebrities You Won’t Believe Did “Dancing With the Stars”. Birthday: January 16, 1980 Birthday: August 27, 1979 For surprising stars who already have grandkids, check out 36 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Grandparents....

Goldman and her team looked at 16 coronavirus patients with a mean age of 70 and determined that the death rate increased 38 percent among those who had blood clots in their legs. Coronavirus patients with blood clots in their legs also had a 25 percent increased risk of amputation. In a control group of COVID-negative patients whose mean age was 71, 69 percent had at least one blood clot in their leg....

RELATED: If You’re Unvaccinated, You Could Soon Get Charged More for This Every Month. As the weather turns colder, you may be looking forward to dining in at your favorite establishments, but you’ll need to show proof of vaccination in order to eat at some restaurants. Last month, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that vaccination will be a requirement at all New York City restaurants, effective as of Aug....

READ THIS NEXT: 8 Secrets Jo-Ann Fabrics Doesn’t Want You to Know. Hobby Lobby used to offer 40-percent-off coupons that made shopping for craft items incredibly inexpensive. When the chain did away with the popular retail hack in early 2021, shoppers were disappointmented since that was how they were able to afford certain items.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb However, the coupons were replaced with weekly sales that have a “secret” schedule. “Table decor is 50% off @hobbylobby this week....

READ THIS NEXT: 12 Onscreen Couples With Huge Age Gaps. When Taylor and Cook got engaged in July, they had already been dating for five years. During a Q&A on Instagram in 2018, Cook shared that they “met at a game night [he] host[s] at [his] place,” as reported by E! News. He added, “We were friends for a while and soon after, fell in like with each and then upgraded to love....

“The facial signs of a person lying can be very subtle and, at times, hard to detect,” Colleen Wenner, LMHC, MCAP, LPC, founder & clinical director of New Heights Counseling & Consulting, LLC, tells Best Life. “Be careful not to draw a conclusion based on one sign, but look for several signals of deceit.” Wenner adds that you should identify three signs or more in total, but that shouldn’t take too long, as most liars give you a sign within minutes or even seconds....

READ THIS NEXT: 7 Classic Movies That You Can’t Watch Anywhere. By 2004, writer and director M. Night Shyamalan’s name was synonymous with twist endings, thanks to his earlier hits, The Sixth Sense and Signs. But the reveal at the end of The Village wasn’t quite so well-received. The movie appears to be about an 1800s community, who are threatened by mysterious creatures living in the forrest surrounding their home....

READ THIS NEXT: If You’re Taking This Common Medication, Call Your Doctor Now, FDA Warns. The appliances we use daily are there to make our lives easier, not create a dangerous situation. But every so often, regulators will discover a design flaw in a product that requires a recall—including a few recent examples. On Oct. 13, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for certain Outdoor Series 24-inch Built-In Convertible Freezers produced by the U-Line Corporation....

RELATED: If You Live in These States, Watch Out for One of the World’s Largest Spiders. Even if you’re not planning to eat it immediately, you might want to give the fruit in your house a good rinse when you bring it home. “In addition to attracting flies, fruit also attracts spiders,” says Jordan Foster, a pest expert with Fantastic Pest Control. “Insects find grapes particularly fascinating, so spiders are more likely to weave a web between and around them....

RELATED: Never Make This One Popular Food in Your Slow Cooker, FDA Warns. Besides potentially stinking up your slow cooker, there’s another good reason you should avoid putting shellfish in the appliance. Chef and recipe creator Jessica Randhawa explains that shellfish “cooks really quickly, which is the opposite of what a slow cooker is designed to do. When slow-cooked, the fragile shellfish meat tends to disintegrate.” Although regular fish is a bit heartier, she also recommends keeping it out of the slow cooker, because it’s still fairly delicate and “tends to break apart when slow-cooked easily....

READ THIS NEXT: The 10 Best Casinos in the U.S. If You Love to Gamble. At first glance, slot machines offer a relatively simple game with an easy premise. But anyone who has spent time pulling the lever knows there’s more than one way to play them. That’s why experts say it’s important to ensure you’re using your money correctly. “Always place your bets on the three reels, not on a single one....

Ewan McGregor is the eponymous designer in this limited series from super producer Ryan Murphy. Expect the highs and lows of fame, lots of muse Liza Minnelli (as played by Krysta Rodriguez), some iconic fashions from the ’70s and ’80s, and big, big performances. Whether you already know how influential he was or are a total fashion history dud, you’ll be a Halston expert in just five episodes. RELATED: The Biggest Show on Netflix in 2021 So Far....

READ THIS NEXT: Dr. Fauci Warns That Vaccinated People “Need to Realize” This Now.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb As infections rise again in a time when most COVID restrictions and precautions have already been pulled back, virus experts continue to recommend two forms of protection: vaccinations and boosters. According to the CDC, more than 66 percent of the country’s population has been fully vaccinated so far, but only 45 percent of these individuals have gotten an additional booster shot, despite it being heavily recommended by the agency....