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[Serious] Many abuse survivors have “trauma imposter syndrome” – guilt that you’re making a big deal over nothing. What’s your story?

by QuestionGuy July 28, 2022, 7:52 pm

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TIL that in 1878, the passenger steamer SS Princess Alice sunk on the Thames right where 75 million gallons of London’s raw sewage had just been discharged. 16 of the survivors later died from ingesting the water. In response, London immediately starting shipping its sewage out to sea for dumping.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 5:13 pm

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TIL Joaquin Phoenix grew up his early months in the “Children of God”, a cult back in the 70’s. This cult has been accused of violating human rights on every level by survivors and human rights advocates.

by whatilearned July 8, 2022, 2:44 am

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TIL That the term ‘Jadotville Jack’ was used to describe members of A Company 35th Batallion Irish Army. The term was in reference to the unit’s forced surrender after a siege from a numerically superior mercenary force and the Irish government/UN’s refusal to decorate any survivors of the battle.

by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 3:37 pm

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If your plane crashed on an island, what would your role be among the survivors?

by QuestionGuy June 24, 2022, 1:16 am

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TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 12:44 pm

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TIL that on the atoll of Pinglelap, 10% of the population is affected by total colorblindness, with another 30% being unaffected carriers of the gene. This is due to a population bottleneck caused by a typhoon in 1775 that left 20 survivors on the atoll. One carried the colorblindness gene.

by whatilearned May 22, 2022, 1:53 am

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TIL The survivors and families of those who died in the Titanic were only compensated $430 ($11.4 thousand today).

by whatilearned May 13, 2022, 11:58 pm

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Gunshot survivors of Reddit – What does it feel like to get shot?

by QuestionGuy May 10, 2022, 6:14 pm

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TIL about Cabeza de Vaca, one of four survivors out of 400 people of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 10:21 am

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In spirit of sexual assault awareness month, male survivors and survivors whose assailants were women, what’s your story?

by QuestionGuy April 8, 2022, 1:28 pm

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Walking Dead fans, what’s something besides walkers that would be extremely deadly to survivors that the writers overlook?

by QuestionGuy March 26, 2022, 11:02 pm

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