This past week, my twin 13-year-old daughters had to go through a rite of passage required of every kid their age in our school district, an experience that has them walking into the classroom an innocent, wide-eyed tween and walking out a hardened, bitter cold case, a disillusioned stare in their eyes: It was time for the dreaded tapeworm video.

The actual video is an episode of a Discovery Channel show called "Eaten Alive!" which is designed to teach kids the scientific fac ...

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