2 Comments TIL Dr. James Parkinson, whose study of ‘The Shaking Palsy’ resulted in it being named after him, narrowly avoided being dispatched to Australia in irons after being accused of plotting to shoot King George III with a poisoned dart by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 7:27 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that Inspiration4, the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 590km. They’ll be the farthest humans have been in space in the 21st Century, narrowly beating out STS-125 crew (Hubble Servicing Mission) who were at 578km. by whatilearned September 7, 2021, 1:53 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that the 1916 United States Presidential Election was one of the closest races in history, with Woodrow Wilson narrowly winning a second term by defeating his Republican opponent, Charles Evans Hughes. If Hughes got 4,000 more votes in California, he would have won. by whatilearned July 31, 2021, 12:30 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
FDA Panel Urges Ban of a Pain Drug An FDA advisory panel narrowly voted to recommend that a popular pain drug used in dozens of products should be pulled from the market. by DailyHealthNews July 13, 2021, 1:46 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Irena Sendler participated, w/dozens of others, in smuggling Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto & then providing them with false IDs & shelter w/willing Polish families, in orphanages & other care facilities. Was sentenced to death but narrowly escaped on the day of her scheduled execution by whatilearned June 17, 2021, 11:59 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
11 Comments TIL avocados evolved to be eaten whole by herbivore dinosaurs, who would then poop out the pit to a new location, spreading the trees; after dinosaur extinction, the plant narrowly hung on in a small part of Mesoamerica until humans discovered the fruit and started cultivating them widely by whatilearned April 19, 2021, 8:48 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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