They Saw A YouTube Video. Then They Got Tourette’s.

Plus, broken McFlurry machines at McDonald's are reportedly part of a federal investigation.

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So much so that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is getting involved, by reportedly sending letters to franchisees earlier this summer. According to the Wall Street Journal, which reported on the news Wednesday morning, the FTC is investigating the continual out-of-service McFlurry machines. Per the outlet, owners have struggled for years with these difficult-to-repair machines, which require an automatic daily heat-cleaning cycle that often fails. Thrillist /tech NEVER PAY FOR MONTHLY WEB HOSTING AGAIN You don't need us to tell you that the future of everything, both business and personal, is online. So, whether you want to host your professional portfolio, or launch stores, blogs or countless other exciting projects, having a website is essential. To do that, you're going to need web hosting — which traditionally can cost anywhere from a hundred dollars a year to hundreds of dollars per month. Cult of Mac /interior @matthieusalvaing /curious THEY SAW A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THEN THEY GOT TOURETTE'S. Kirsten Müller-Vahl had a major mystery on her hands. It was June 2019 and Müller-Vahl, a psychiatrist at Hannover Medical School in Germany and head of its Tourette's outpatient department, was being inundated by patients with tics unlike anything she had seen before. Not only were the tics complex in nature, involving several muscle groups, even more bizarrely the symptoms of each patient bore a striking resemblance to one another. "The symptoms were identical. Not only similar, but identical," she says. Wired /lifehack IT'S FINALLY TIME TO BUY A BIDET Anyone who's used one will tell you, after your first bidet experience, your trips to the bathroom will never be the same. While the technology has existed for centuries, Americans have only recently caught on to what should be an essential component of any modern toilet. 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