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TIL that when elephants die of old age it’s because they have lost their last set of molars, can’t eat and die of starvation.

by whatilearned April 16, 2023, 5:39 am

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TIL Fritz Haber invented a process of ammonia synthesis both to save the world from starvation and to serve the German war machine. He never saw the creation of Zyklon B from his process and its use by the Nazis to kill his relatives in the gas chambers. His wife committed committed suicide.

by whatilearned February 28, 2023, 6:29 pm

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TIL that the common understanding of nuclear winter causing mass starvation or even extinction has little scientific support, but scientists have purposefully avoided correcting it out of fear of being perceived as pro-nuclear armament.

by whatilearned November 15, 2022, 7:57 pm

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I hate this new king, my landlord is ripping me to starvation and i might freeze this winter.

by cringeyjokesman September 26, 2022, 2:23 pm

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TIL water bears are eight legged microanimals, among the most resilient animals known, able to survive extreme conditions — such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures, air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation — that would quickly kill most other known forms of life.

by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 12:47 am

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TIL during the 1942 blockade of Leningrad, where starvation was utilised as a siege strategy, those convicted of cannibalism were divided into two legal categories: corpse-eating and person-eating. The former were sent to prison, while the latter were shot.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 11:02 am

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TIL: The British built over 100 concentration camps during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa. Over 26,000 woman & children died in these camps from starvation & disease

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 11:22 am

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TIL about Sokushinbutsu, a practice of self-mummification observed by Japanese Buddhist monks. The monks would follow a strict starvation diet until abstaining from eating altogether in order to lose as much body fat and moisture as possible. They would finally be locked in a tomb while still alive.

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 11:14 pm

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TIL that the green revolution of the 1950s and 60s led to the widespread reduction–and in some places elimination–of famine and food insecurity. One leading figure in the revolution, Norman Borlaug, is credited with saving at least 1 billion people from starvation.

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 1:46 pm

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TIL that the adult Luna moth has no mouth and will die of starvation. With only 1 week to live as an adult, it’s entire purpose is to procreate in that short time.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 3:13 pm

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TIL of the Goa Inquisition in Portuguese India which enforced Catholic Orthodoxy from 1561 to 1812. Primary targets were Hindus who were forced to convert under imprisonment and starvation. All records were destroyed by the Portuguese in 1812 and exact number of casualties still remain unknown today

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 10:09 am

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TIL where astronauts sleep on a space station has to be extremely well ventilated with a constant flow of air over them. Warm air does not rise in space so astronauts in badly-ventilated sections end up surrounded by a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide, the result being oxygen starvation.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 11:02 am

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