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TIL that extended periods of exposure to strong vibrations from using power tools and heavy equipment (i.e. string trimmers, buses, trucks) can cause significant injury, typically after a few months or even over the course of years. Wear your PPE and take plenty of breaks. Your body deserves it!

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 3:44 am

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What’s mild injury hurts like the devil, but hardly leaves a mark?

by QuestionGuy May 17, 2022, 2:25 am

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TIL that overuse of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) can cause spinal cord injury by inactivating vitamin B12. Numbness, weakness, and even sexual dysfunction are common symptoms. Taking B12 preventatively before nitrous use is ineffective as no matter how much B12 is present, it is all ‘turned off’.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 10:40 am

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TIL Randy Savage first wrestled as The Spider, a character similar to Spider-Man. He later appeared in Spider-Man (2002) in which he suffered his most significant injury, a neck injury which so severe he turned his torso instead of his neck for the rest of his life.

by whatilearned April 29, 2022, 10:58 pm

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TIL that hedgehogs can suffer from ‘Balloon Syndrome’ where they inflate like a balloon after injury or infection and then need to be deflated to prevent permanent injury or worse.

by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 11:57 pm

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[Serious] Has anybody ever suffered a severe head injury and had an aspect of their personality change as a result? If so, what happened?

by QuestionGuy April 18, 2022, 11:24 am

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what minor injury hurts like a mf?

by QuestionGuy April 10, 2022, 3:15 pm

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Til a disease is something that needs to be cured, such as infection, injury, toxic exposure, cell degeneration, etc. Illness is something that needs to be managed such as feelings of pain, discomfort, distress, weakness, fatigue, etc.

by whatilearned April 9, 2022, 10:34 am

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TIL that the most decorated female combatant in history is Milunka Savić, a Serbian who disguised herself to take her brother’s place in the First Balkan War, was discovered after injury, and continued to serve until the end of WWI

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 3:21 am

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What’s the injury that still makes you wince when you think about it?

by QuestionGuy March 12, 2022, 4:36 am

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TIL British actress Emilia Clarke has survived two brain aneurysms and has since founded SameYou, a charity working to develop better recovery treatment for survivors of brain injury and stroke

by whatilearned February 7, 2022, 9:33 pm

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TIL during a rugby match in 1978 JPR Williams was deliberately stamped on by an opposing New Zealand player, ripping his cheek open and leaving his teeth visible through the wound. Williams lost two pints of blood and had his dad sew 30 stitches to close the injury before rejoining the match

by whatilearned February 7, 2022, 12:03 am

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