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TIL; In August 1976, US and South Korean men were trimming a poplar tree obscuring a view between a checkpoint & observation post – A group of North Koreans appeared demanding they stop cutting branches. Capt Bonifas ignored them & then they attacked using clubs & axes taken from the gardening group

by whatilearned September 15, 2022, 7:55 am

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TIL Hippocrates, considered “the father of Western medicine”, based his work on observation of clinical signs and rational conclusions rather than logic. Hippocrates used the theory on “humorism” to explain illness

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 2:20 am

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TIL about the Great Attractor which it was previously thought the Milky Way was moving towards at 1,342,162 mph, but now the Great Atractor AND the Milky Way are both moving towards Shapely Supercluster. Observation of these areas is blocked by the Milky Way for the next 100 million years.

by whatilearned June 8, 2022, 3:51 pm

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TIL of Proton‐Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy or PENIS; A method for high resolution observation of dilute spins in solids

by whatilearned April 20, 2022, 2:32 am

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TIL During two decades of field observation, the breeding behavior of a local population of Veeries, was a better predictor of Atlantic hurricane season intensity than leading meteorological models. The birds appeared to sense what the season had in store months before most tropical storms form.

by whatilearned March 29, 2022, 6:24 am

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Today I learned, a 47-year-old man had an Esophageal Rupture after eating ghost pepper, resulting in visit to emergency, full thoracotomy, intubation, ICU observation totalling in 22 days stay at hospital.

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 3:49 pm

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TIL of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Carpenter. During WW2, he strapped 6 bazookas to his observation aircraft, dubbed her “Rosie the Rocketeer” and destroyed German armoured columns over France regularly, earning him the nickname “The Mad Major”.

by whatilearned November 15, 2021, 7:30 pm

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Similar to Murphy’s Law – is there a name for “diagnostics law”? Where, under observation the problem you want to occur for troubleshooting will not happen. But immediately after all relevant knowledge is absent, it will happen again?

by QuestionGuy November 15, 2021, 11:44 am

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TIL about Elmira, a Union-owned prison camp during the Civil War. The camp had two observation towers constructed for onlookers, and citizens would pay 15 cents to look at the inmates. Concession stands by the towers sold peanuts, cakes, and lemonade while the men inside starved.

by whatilearned September 27, 2021, 12:45 pm

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clever madghosts observation

by CopyPastaArchive September 22, 2021, 5:07 am

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Patrick Swayze Hospitalized With Pneumonia Actor Patrick Swayze, who has stage IV pancreatic cancer, has checked himself into a hospital for observation because he has pneumonia.

by DailyHealthNews July 13, 2021, 10:18 pm

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Observation After Head Injury Cuts Kids’ CT Scans A period of observation in the emergency department after a minor childhood head injury can reduce the use of a CT scan by as much as half without affecting good care, according to a new study.

by DailyHealthNews June 27, 2021, 9:57 pm

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