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LPT When buying flowers for someone…
…avoid bouquets with lilies unless you know for sure that the person doesn’t have a cat. Lilies are dangerously toxic for cats and some cats like to chomp on fresh flowers.
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YSK: It is best not to consume marijuana before the age of 25
Why YSK: According to research data, use(both light and heavy) of marijuana before the age of 25 will result in the thinning of grey matter in the developing brain, sabotage problem solving skills and emotional regulation, and increase the probability of developing depression and schizophrenia later in life. It is best to wait until you are 25 and older if you are considering using cannabis.
citation:
Owens, M.M., Albaugh, M.D., Allgaier, N. et al. Bayesian causal network modeling suggests adolescent cannabis use accelerates prefrontal cortical thinning. Transl Psychiatry 12, 188 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01956-4
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TIL when snowflakes hit water they create a screeching sound too high for humans (but not some sea animals) to hear. When a flake hits the water, an air bubble is released that oscillates in the 50-200 khz range well above a human's range. Snow hitting water can increase underwater sound by 30 db.
https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/03/07/108316.htm
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LPT: If you are going on a trip that likely will require a lot of walking train yourself to walk a long distances before the trip
I noticed that whenever I took a long walk (after staying indoors for too long) and was coming home limping, the next days I could cover the much longer distances without any discomfort later on.
Of course, going back home limping after your trip is not your aim. Your aim is to train yourself to walk longer without being exhausted and hurt at the end, but feel fresh and relaxed instead. That's why you should start preparing yourself to walk before the trip. The best time to start is a two weeks before the trip, but a month should work as well. Keep in mind that you shouldn't cover a distance that is too long on a very first day. Instead start with a lesser distance and increase the distance walked in half - see what's working the best for you. If you feel exhausted early on try to take a day or two break.
It is even better if you will train yourself in the same shoes that you are going to a trip and any additional gear that you are going to have (in case you have it at your hand).
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YSK- You as a parent are completely capable or safely and effectively treating your child's fever and pain with tylenol and ibuprofen
Why YSK: I don't mean for this to sound mean but too often parents bring their kids into the overwhelmed emergency room for cold and flu symptoms. I'm not going to get into ER proper use and abuse and you are always welcome to bring your child in, but just know most of the time we aren't going to do any special treatments that you cant do yourself (unless they need breathing treatments or deep suction)
I know high fevers and giving meds to kiddos can be scary and intimidating, but you are completely capable of treating your child There are weight and age based dosages easily accessible online (i'll provide links) or by just reading the back of the medication bottles. Tylenol can be given every 4 hours and ibuprofen (motrin) every 6. So let's say little Bobby has a fever. Give him ibuprofen. Three hours later check his temp and if he's still fussy and feverish give him tylenol. Three hours later give him ibuprofen. Keep alternating these meds until he feels better. It's not a one and done thing. These also apply to adults and not just for fever but pain too! I'm not shaming anyone I just get tired of seeing miserable kiddos who could easily be feeling better with some cheap over the counter interventions.
https://www.stlouischildrens.org/health-resources/dosage-tables/acetaminophen-tylenol-dosage-table
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/medication-safety/Pages/Ibuprofen-for-Fever-and-Pain.aspx
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TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/alcohol-history/the-1800s-when-americans-drank-whiskey-like-it-was/
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TIL the Passemant astronomical clock in Versailles has shown the correct date, time, moon phase, planetary alignment, etc (accounting for leap years ) from 1750 and can display through 9999.
https://en.chateauversailles.fr/press/restaurations/passement-clock-extraordinary-restoration#an-artistic-and-scientific-masterpiece
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Stop bumping into your groceries, by placing the bag correctly in your hand
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TIL: Lobsters don’t die of old age due to an enzyme called ‘telomerase’ that increases the number of divisions their cells can make, allowing them to repair their bodies and live extraordinarily long lives
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/what-lobsters-can-teach-us-about-immortality?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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TIL that Over 50 percent of the world's population relies on rice for 80 percent of it's food requirements
https://www.fao.org/3/y4347e/y4347e01.htm#:~:text=Rice%20is%20one%20of%20the,percent%20of%20its%20food%20requirements.
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Getting pet hair off clothes before wash
There’s nothing more annoying than having your clothes, blankets, towels, etc. covered in pet hair. And then when you go to wash them, the hair is still all over the laundry and ends up clogging the washing machine. To prevent this, before washing pet hair covered laundry, put in the dryer for 30 mins on low/ no heat. All of the pet hair will end up in the lint trap and your clothes will be hair free before you put them in the wash!
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Cleaning out a peanut butter jar for recycling.
Peanut butter is sticky. It takes several gallons of hot soapy water to wash it out so that it is ready for recycling.
Is there a better way to do this?
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TIL the Vice President of the United States misspelling “potato” was once enough to cause a national scandal.
https://publicapologycentral.com/apologia-archive/political-2/dan-quayle-potato-incident/
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TIL Portugal and Spain would have been one country but the boy who was heir to both died in 1500 at two years old
https://www.elnacional.cat/es/efemerides/marc-pons-nace-miquel-da-paz_298209_102.html
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Solution to bypass/unblur answers from Chegg dot com
Hey friends, you know when you always try to search for a math worksheet to find the answers cuz you don't wanna do it ? Or maybe even just want the answers to check your work ? And then you stumble upon the exact worksheet on Chegg.com but oops, shits blurred and blocked. Well, I've got a solution for that !
1. Go to the answer you're looking for on Chegg.com and make sure you're able to see the link at the top (pretty straightforward)
Like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/JbFYGJi
2. Copy the link
3. Go to homeworkify.net and paste the link into the space provided. Verify that you're a human by completing the Captcha which requires you to type what you see
Like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/xwtu2iC
4. Once its done, press "View Step By Step Solution" and the answer should pop up like this. It will either be an image that the respondent posted, or it will be in text, whichever way they answered.
Good luck and i hope this helps !
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TIL, The Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees. In the 14th century, the extraordinary daisugi technique was born in Japan. Pruning as a rule of art that allows the tree to grow and germinate while using its wood, without ever cutting it down.
https://dsfantiquejewelry.com/blogs/interesting-facts/the-ancient-japanese-technique-that-produces-lumber-without-cutting-trees
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TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_White
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TIL Matt Damon was offered the lead in Avatar & 10% of the film's profits, but turned it down out of respect for his verbal commitment to the ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’, & ended up losing out on nearly $300 million
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/matt-damon-says-he-turned-down-lead-avatar-role-paycheck-1244987/
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LPT: when online shopping for black shoes (bags, hats etc) Review pics of same in lighter color before buying the black
Took me way too long to learn this LPT. Seeing the pics of the beige or brown version I can distinguish the stitching, textures and details that would be obscured on dark pics. This also helps to see whether it is well made or poorly made. Doing this has saved me from some really bad purchases!
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TIL Bruce Lee had his sweat glands removed from his armpits because he thought sweating there looked bad on camera, and this might have been a factor in his death several months later
https://www.snopes.com/articles/386683/bruce-lee-death-sweat-glands/
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TIL The tongue map showing different taste zones is a myth
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20171012-do-our-tongues-have-different-taste-zones
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TIL of Friendly Floatees, an armada of 28,000 rubber ducks that were accidentally spilled into the Pacific Ocean in 1992 by a container ship. Researchers then used them to track ocean currents until 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Floatees_spill?wprov=sfti1
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TIL that in 2003, scientists "resurrected" an extinct species of Ibex, bringing back one living specimen, only for it go extinct again seven minutes later when the specimen died of a lung defect
https://interestingengineering.com/science/this-extinct-animal-was-resurrected-by-cloning-only-to-go-extinct-once-again
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TIL Doris Miller joined the Navy as a mess assistant, one option for a black man. During the Pearl Harbor attack he saved several lives and successfully manned an anti-aircraft gun with no training, until the ship started to sink. He was killed in 1943. An aircraft carrier is named in his honor.
https://dorismillermemorial.org/doris-story/
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LPT: To heat yourself during the winter, have a hot water bottle on your legs while sitting down doing your work, it will conduct through the rest of your body and will heat you almost the same as a heater would do at a small fraction of the cost. Energy prices are far too much, be safe this winter
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LPT: If someone road rages against you, just let them.
If someone does something stupid to you in their car, you don't have to chase after them at high speeds to give them the finger, or tailgate them, or brake check them, or scream out your window at them.
At best, they're a good person who's having a bad day. At worst, they're a bad person who's having a bad day and you definitely don't want to be around them. Very little good comes from trying to get revenge.
Swallow your pride, let them go by, and enjoy the peace that comes knowing that you are not filled with anger even if they are.
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LPT: when walking up and down stairs with a small child, always count them. They’ll learn to count so quickly.
My son turns 3 around thanksgiving and can count to 15 and always counts even on his own when going up and down stairs.
I did this with all my kids. We now do the alphabet and he can get to F.
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LPT add thermal mass to your refrigerator to save on energy costs
After getting called out by a couple house guests I thought i'd offer this tip to folks headed into winter where in some regions energy reduction is mandated and not everyone has access to energy star/similar low cost appliances to keep food cold efficiently.
Your refrigerator can use a ton of energy depending on how you use it, where more door openings results in more work for the fridge to do, and more energy consumed to achieve its temp set point.
If you keep a somewhat empty fridge like I do, only food for a weeks cooking + condiments, you should consider adding thermal mass in the form of water to the typically empty space in your fridge.
I drink a lot of cold brew in the summer, and over the years have accumulated many half gallon jars as a result. Filling these jars with water (resistant to temp change) and letting them live rent free in the fridge means that less of the void space is filling with fresh air \~68 degrees every time I open the door.
If you can safely store water in your fridge via containers/jars/bottles you can ensure a lower energy consumption in this way. While the gains are not astronomical, they are in line with some estimates for Europe for example where a reduction in energy usage per household only need drop 10-20% depending on impacts from Russia's war in Ukraine.
Edit1: Lots of good comments and questions so we should clarify some things! I can't seem to link users but there are a lot of good comments in here floating to the top.
Cooling warm/room temp water takes a lot of energy, it's important to store already cool water, whether from your well or sewer \~55 or 65F, or take advantage of naturally cold and free air outside. Adding a bunch of water to the fridge all at once will also push the fridge to work hard and consume a lot of energy.
Energy costs are likely to continue increasing, so you could reason that costs now to cool water for stowage will be less than the energy to cool without it in the future, but I don't want to crunch those numbers. Just avoid putting warm water in the fridge.
Also folks are right to call out the power outage case, where a fridge full of water, or freezer of ice, will stay cooler for longer. With energy costs going up, and nations like Germany mentioning possible grid blackouts it makes more sense to do this.
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TIL only about 5% of Americans get their daily recommended value of fiber
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/20/18214505/fiber-diet-weight-loss
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TIL that in 2001 the crown prince of Nepal, for unclear reasons, shot & killed 9 family members, including his parents the king & queen, before turning the gun on himself. This led contributed to domestic instability & a decline in the monarchy's popularity. Nepal eventually became a republic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre
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