The "good 4 u" singer celebrated her birthday with a simple cake. In a post on her Instagram, Rodrigo smiled in front of the single-tiered creation with white frosting, two candles and "Happy Birthday ...

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Editor’s note: A recent experiment at Clemson University examined the potential spread of bacteria from people blowing out candles on birthday cakes. We all look forward to that one day a year when ...

The birthday cake ritual, originating in ancient Greece with moon-shaped honey cakes and candles for wishes, evolved through Roman feasts and German K ...

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- You may want to rethink accepting a slice of cake after the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles. A recent study, "Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on ...

Mitt Romney said he blew out each candle one by one because he was sick. Happy birthday, even if it’s not today! Whether you go for traditional candles, sparklers or those tricky ones you can’t blow ...

Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of Food ...