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Boasting muscles a superhero would be proud of, Matthias Schlitte has good reason to be considered the toast of the German arm wrestling circuit. But a closer look reveals that only ONE of his arms is bestowed with bulging biceps. The 22-year-old’s whopping right forearm measures nearly 18in – and is in stark contrast to his puny left arm. Despite its odd appearance, Matthias’s Popeye-esque limb has strong-armed him into first place in a host of competitions, including the Iron Curtain Armwars in Blackburn and the German Championships in Haltern, this year.

Lymphatic Filariasis, Found in 80 Countries, Rarely Kills but Destroys Lives by Causing Deformities One of the first things that Marc S. Micozzi did when he became director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine in the early 1990s was to move the elephantiasis leg. Grotesquely swollen and covered with folds of thickened skin, the leg was probably the most notorious item displayed in what was once called the Army Medical Museum. For several generations of Americans, it was a vivid memory of the customary childhood trip to Washington. Even children who had only been told about it could...