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You know the feeling: One second, you’re walking through your house, minding your own business. The next, WHACK —your elbow connects with a doorway, countertop or other inanimate object that has suddenly become your mortal enemy. Then comes the pain. Not ordinary pain either. A strange electric shock shoots down your arm, your fingers start tingling, and you’re left clutching your elbow and wondering why this injury hurts so much . You’re also wondering, perhaps more importantly, why on earth anyone decided to call it the funny bone . To get to the bottom of both mysteries, we turned to two experts. Madeline Tadley, MD, a hand and upper-extremity surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, explains the science behind that jolt of pain. And language expert Martha Barnette, the longtime co-host of A Way with Words , helps unravel the surprisingly colorful history behind the phrase itself. Read on for the unfunny details. Get Reader’s Digest ’s Read Up...

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Gmail. WhatsApp. Signal. Teams. Facebook. Should I go on? Between work and personal life, I use at least eight different apps to stay in touch with friends, family and colleagues, and you probably do too. To keep up with all these messages, we tend to rely on push notifications, those little pings that apps send to let you know something needs your attention. Most of us receive dozens—sometimes even hundreds—of push notifications every day. These notifications can be useful, like when your email app pings you about a time-sensitive job offer, or they can be annoying, like when a friend won’t stop texting you about the boring dude they’re dating. But few people realize that push notifications can also be dangerous. If you allow personal info to show up in your push notifications, it could turn your smartphone or computer into a target. Luckily, there’s a way to patch up these holes in our cybersecurity armor . To find out how to do that, I reached out to Kay...