HOUSTON, Texas -- This might have you thinking twice about accepting a slice of birthday cake. A recent study by the Journal of Food Research confirms what you may already know, that blowing out ...

The thing about birthday candles is that they don’t care whether the person blowing them out is celebrating or not; anything within reach is fair game for a fiery surprise. This comical clip shows a ...

Australian children are to be banned from blowing out candles on birthday cakes under new hygiene regulations that have been slammed by the Australian Medical Association as “bubble-wrapping.” ...

What began as a sacred ritual has become one of the world’s most widespread party traditions. From moonlit offerings in Greece to protective spells in medieval Europe, birthday candles once carried ...

Talk about a birthday disaster. What was supposed to be an innocent birthday candle blowout — turned into a terrifying pyro moment. Askin Acar excitedly gathered around his birthday cake to blow out ...

A Queensland woman’s birthday celebration went from lit to literally on fire when her hair caught alight while blowing out ...

Ron Howard's family narrowly avoided a scary incident at his wife Cheryl's birthday party. On Dec. 23, the director, 70, shared a video from Cheryl's 71st birthday party that shows her blowing out ...

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