When Lauren Kornacki discovered her father crushed beneath his BMW 525i, which had slipped off the carjack as he was working on it, the 22-year-old wedged herself under the mid-sized vehicle — and pulled it off her father. We hear tales from time to time of … Incredible stories about how wonderfully weird it is to be human. Curious about the way your body or brain ticks? E-mail The Body Odd or check us out on Facebook and Twitter. ↓ About this blog; ↓ Archives … …

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