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The best time to visit the Outer Banks is between March and May or September and November, when lodging rates drop and crowds dissipate. Most mainland North Carolina residents and out-of-towners ...

Sunflower seeds in particular have been known to cause bowel obstruction, especially when they are consumed with the outer shells intact. Sunflower seeds have been known to create phytobezoars, a mass ...