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TIL In 1997 a number of people from Kentucky developed CJD (aka human mad cow disease). It was discovered that all had consumed squirrel brains.

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 1:58 am

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TIL about Silbo Gomero, a language spoken entirely by whistling. Developed by natives of La Gomera, Canary Islands. The language enabled long distance communication across the deep ravines and narrow valleys of the island, allowing messages to be exchanged over distances up to 5km (3.1mi).

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 1:59 am

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TIL that the USA has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world.

by whatilearned July 26, 2022, 10:59 pm

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TIL that the first writing system evolved from accounting practices in ancient Mesopotamia. Over a thousand years later, Chinese writing independently developed from divination practices in ancient China.

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 9:18 pm

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TIL the first Who Wants to Be a Millionaire video game was developed by Jellyvision, the creators of You Don’t Know Jack, and became one of the fastest-selling PC games of all time.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 4:28 am

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TIL about Carl Tanzler, a man that developed an obsession with Elena de Hoyos, a woman 32 years his junior, and two years after she died, he dug up her corpse and kept it in his bed for 7 years.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 9:31 am

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TIL Plant milks are over 1000 years old. Peoples in North America and North Africa separately developed legumes, beans, and nuts, based mixtures resembling milk since before 1000CE. The English description of these mixtures as ‘milks’ dates back to 1200 CE.

by whatilearned July 17, 2022, 2:28 pm

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TIL there is a activity called parahawking that combines paragliding with falconry in which Birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals. Parahawking was developed by British falconer Scott Mason in 2001

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 8:47 pm

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TIL that in 2021 the Razzie Awards developed a special category for the Worst Bruce Willis Performance in a 2021 Movie. They later scrapped it when the actor’s aphasia diagnosis became public saying it was inappropriate to award it to someone whose performance was affected by a medical condition.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 9:19 pm

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I have developed a chronic sinus infection (fungal) after years of sniffing worn nylons I buy from women online. It has not responded to any medication and has spread to the bone (CT scan). My ENT recommended surgery but I am afraid of the risks. What is the best option?

by CopyPastaArchive June 21, 2022, 8:46 pm

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TIL about Vivian Thomas. Without any education past high school, Thomas rose above poverty and racism to become a cardiac surgery pioneer. He famously developed a procedure used to treat blue baby syndrome. He would serve as supervisor of the surgical laboratories at Johns Hopkins for 35 years.

by whatilearned June 21, 2022, 4:59 pm

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TIL Down Syndrome has a strong association with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In one study of 3.9 million children, 2.8% of those with Down Syndrome developed AML, compared with 0.05% of other children.

by whatilearned June 21, 2022, 12:29 am

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