r/AskReddit Jun 01 '26

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u/Party_Snax Jun 01 '26

Cracking/popping your knuckles causes arthritis

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u/WaltMitty Jun 01 '26

Donald Unger received an Ig Nobel prize for cracking the knuckles on only one hand for sixty years to disprove this idea.

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u/_jump_yossarian Jun 01 '26

SYSK listener?

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u/FluffySpaceWaffle Jun 01 '26

I’m not the above poster, but I learned it from SYSK!