Think scientists are always tactful? Think again! Here are our five favorite insensitive paper titles of all time: 1.) Ashes to ashes: thermal contact burns in children caused by recreational fires. 2.) An unusual penpal: case report and literature review of posterior urethral injuries secondary to foreign body insertion.3.) A lucky catch: Fishhook injury of the tongue. 4.) Children and mini-magnets: an almost fatal attraction. 5.) "Here's egg in your eye": a prospective study of blunt ocular trauma resulting from thrown eggs.
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