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TIL that Brooke Greenberg, who died in 2013, had ‘Syndrome X’, which made her remain physically and cognitively similar to a 1 year old, despite being 20 years old at the time of her death.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/maryland-20-year-dies-aged/story?id=20712718
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TIL Arsenic was known to be dangerous and addictive in the Victorian Era, but small amounts in the form of edible wafers were thought to not only be safe but to help one achieve that sought-after pale complexion, giving the skin an "indescribable brilliancy" according to advertisements.
https://www.insider.com/dangerous-beauty-products-history-2018-8#safe-arsenic-complexion-wafers-were-anything-but-safe-3
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TIL Blur's "Song 2" was intended to be a joke on their record company. To their surprise, the executives loved the song, released it as a single and it became one of their biggest hits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_2
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TIL about Jimmy Robinson, a US Air Force Piloted that died (marked MIA officially) after damage sustained flying through the mushroom cloud of Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear bomb detonation. The flight was to gather information regarding the composition of the cloud, his body was never found.
https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jprobinson.htm
https://redd.it/158w1fp
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TIL: Dogs that get fed once daily, have better outcomes across 9 categories of health conditions compared with dogs that eat more frequently.
https://collaborate.princeton.edu/en/publications/once-daily-feeding-is-associated-with-better-health-in-companion-
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YSK: Not everyone that uses handicap placards/parking will APPEAR disabled to you.
Why YSK: It's offensive to assume someone without clear disability is just gaming the system or being an ahole.
I overheard some of my coworkers talking about a young woman in an ugly car, with tons of liberal bumper stickers, colored hair, and "the b!#$% had the audacity to park in a handicap spot and she wasn't even disabled" followed up with an "if I see that I will give them a piece of my mind!"
I immediately knew they were talking about my SO haha. So I chimed in, mentioned it's my SO, and that she is in fact disabled. More days than not she is fine, but they have a progressive movement disorder similar (but different) to ALS. At this moment it isn't very noticeable unless you've known them for a while. I didn't really mean to chastise them, as I knew they were mostly joking around, but the topic quickly changed.
Just because you can't identify the disability, you shouldn't judge or trash talk them.
https://redd.it/158u1jt
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Any suggestions for minorly helpful or useful amenities/furnishings for a new apartment?
Moving into a new apartment soon and making a list of some extra items that aren't necessities but might be nice to have. I'm talking pretty superfluous stuff like cable managers to hide cords or sound-absorbing foam to reduce noise. Just small but unexpected things that you might not think of at first once all the actual important stuff is all taken care of. (If this post might belong somewhere else let me know)
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TIL Abu Dhabi has a 75 year lease on all of the parking meters in Chicago. In a decade they’ve already made back their investment.
https://www.bettergov.org/2010/11/16/chicagos-parking-meter-deal-a-lesson-in-worst-practices/
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LPT: How to Master the Two Finger Whistle
Hello Everyone!
I didn’t know where to post this, so I figured I’d do it here! This is definitely a dying art and I figured I’d spread the knowledge to keep it alive! If anyone has ever wanted to learn how to do that piercing two finger whistle, here’s a step-by-step guide.
Let me know how it goes! And if anyone else can already do this, feel free to comment as well.
Step One: cover your lips over your teeth. You don’t want there to be a ton of overlap as it can interfere with the ability to create a sound.
Step Two: take your thumb and index finger on one of your hands and make an okay sign, make sure that these two fingers are touching.
Step Three: this is the most important part of the technique. Take your two fingers and have them up pointing slightly upwards. Stick your tongue out and place your fingers right below the top of your tongue. As you put your tongue back in your mouth, make sure that it folds backwards. It doesn’t have to be folded exactly in half but it must fold back and make sure that your folded back tongue is pressed up against itself. Also make sure that there is a hole for the air to come out when you blow, which produces the whistle.
Step Four: make sure that your lower jaw is slightly in front of your upper jaw and blow. Another tip is to make sure that your tongue is bunched up and is applying pressure to your fingers as you do it.
It takes some time to find the sweet spot so keep at it. I hope these instructions aren’t confusing, I tried to be as detailed as possible because I’ve seen other posts and videos on this subject that are way too general, especially regarding the third step.
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TIL that the least obese country in the world is Vietnam. Its obesity rates stands at only 2.1%, which is lower than Uganda (5.3%), and significantly lower than the U.S. (41.9%)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate
https://redd.it/158bgjw
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LPT Request: How do you say "It's none of your business" in a polite way
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TIL Charles Manson hypnotized Danny Trejo when they were in jail together.
https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/danny-trejo-says-charles-manson-once-hypnotized-him-in-jail/
https://redd.it/1585gls
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How can I apply pain relief patches on my back by myself without twisting my arm?
I'm a bulky man, and my arms are too stiff to bend into the right angle to apply the patch on my back. Applying these patches on my neck, shoulders and waist are fairly easy, but the very center of my back is a tricky spot for me to reach. Not to mention, these soft patches can curl up easily and the medicated surfaces are super sticky to be restored into a flat patch. I left my current not-so-smart solution in the comment. Can anyone provide me a better solution?
The patch is about the size of an A6 paper.
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TIL: In 2011, a UK man was legally banned from having sex due to his IQ of 48, the judge stating that despite his sex drive, he didn't have the mental capacity to understand health risks and should not have sex with anyone. This is legal due to the Court of Protection in Britain.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna41476929
https://redd.it/1581xt8
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LPT: How to deal with a Crying Kid.
Hello! This is gonna be my first post in the community so apologies if it's a little subpar.
But anyways, the LPT I'm sharing today is based on anecdotal experience with my SO a couple days ago. Her 3 Years old Cousin got mad because she wanted to swim on the Mall's Fountain and naturally, her request was politely (yet firmly) denied... I know right? Sometimes there's a good reason but others, yeah not quite the big deal.
However, the fun thing that left me dumbfounded was that, 15 Minutes into her Tantrum, my SO magically manifested a bottle of water from her purse (i never saw when she bought it or if she has been carrying it all this time), then gave it to her wailing cousin and by some random act of magic (or witchery as she likes to call it), the child stopped crying her lungs out, "snaps fingers" just like that, as if it was a command, the water didn't had any funny stuff either, it was just regular water!
So yeah, long story short this is the LPT:
If you ever have to deal with a Crying Kid, give them some water. The Majority of the time there's a reason for their crying, but sometimes, they just seem to go on and on for what seems to be an eternity and the reason for that is pretty simple, they just cannot snap out of it, just as if it were a trance (but a bit snottier).
Once the kid starts drinking water, they're basically "forced" to take a breather, the sensation of the water also makes them think about something else (however brief it may be), it may seem like a little thing, but trust me, sometimes that's all it takes to settle them.
And that's it! That's the story and my contribution to this fine community, it goes without saying, if your kid's crying also comes accompanied by pain or high fever, don't fool around and take them to a pediatrician, because water can only do so much haha.
Have a great week everyone and see you around.
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TIL The United States came to the aid of North Korea to fend off a pirate attack in 2007 off the coast of Mogadishu
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan_incident
https://redd.it/158x0lu
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TIL that Marvin the Martian only made five appearances in the original run of Looney Tunes cartoons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Martian
https://redd.it/158r1fw
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TIL In 1964 a criticality accident in Rhode Island at a nuclear facility resulted in the largest single full body dose of radiation in history, the equivalent of 700,000 X-rays at once | The victim died 49 hours later
https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003731912.pdf
https://redd.it/158teuc
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TIL that “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod” has been dubbed the English language’s hardest tongue twister in 2018 by researchers at MIT, dethroning the previous champ “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.”
https://spectrum.mit.edu/continuum/ten-times-fast-mit-researchers-devise-tricky-tongue-twister/
https://redd.it/158r2tq
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When pregnant, tell your friends and family that your due date is two+ weeks later than the actual date to avoid annoying texts and pressure on the status of your baby.
My wife and I agreed to do this for our second child. It was so annoying for our first. Every hour someone was texting us for over a week; “how’s it going?”… “Any news?”… ”just checking in!?”
I’ve never wanted to punch so many people I love but never text us during ordinary times in the throat.
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TIL: Every year, about 30,000 people in the US lose a finger. The two most common causes: doors and power tools.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/105783-how-to-avoid-the-most-common-finger-loss-accidents
https://redd.it/158lp0m
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TIL Tesla is the only major American auto manufacturer not represented by a union in the US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_and_unions
https://redd.it/158h13a
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TIL In 1978, a bolt got lodged in a bottlenose dolphin's (named Mr. Spock) throat during tank maintenance. With surgery ruled out as too dangerous, Northen CA theme park, Marine World, reached out to the Golden State Warriors 6'9" center, Clifford Ray, to use his long arm to retrieve the bolt.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/04/03/clifford-ray-nba-saves-dolphins-long-arms/2049159/
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YSK: Taking a short pause in speeches or presentations is a lot better than saying ‘um’ and ‘uh.’
Why YSK: It’s a hard habit to break, but it’s a skill you should really try to learn. I can’t count how many times I’ve been listening to someone speak and all I can focus on is the shear amount of times I hear them say “uh, uh, uh.”
Replacing that with a short pause sounds extremely better, trust me. That pause might seem like a long time when you’re in front of people, but I promise it’s not.
Edit: This is public speaking advice, not judging. I, nor anyone else, will send you to the shadow realm because you said “um” once while speaking. It’s okay to say it, just don’t use it between every sentence.
https://redd.it/158ggkw
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Til Americans have accumulated $21 billion Worth of unused gift cards. Almost 2/3 of people have a card and half of those will likely lose the gift card before using it
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/business/gift-cards-unused/index.html
https://redd.it/158bjj4
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TIL that when slavery was abolished in the French colonies in 1848, the native population of the largest island in Madagascar rebelled against the French government because they were heavily involved in the slave trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosy_Be
https://redd.it/1586waw
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LPT To effectively set healthy boundaries, follow this template: When you , I felt . Please do/don’t . is important to me. (More in the post)
As a people pleaser, I’m often guilty of failing to set boundaries. This quickly turns me into a doormat and leads to me feeling overwhelmed, stressed, resentful and disconnected. I realized this while going through the Betwixt app, which someone in another sub recommended as a way to self-reflect through an interactive fantasy story.
What I also realized was that the reason I don’t set boundaries is that I’m afraid to appear too “needy” and I’m also too worried I’ll look selfish or mean. Sometimes I just don’t believe I have a right to ask for what I want.
I bet many of you can relate to this. So, here is a template that has helped me enormously to start setting healthy and compassionate boundaries with other people. Just fill in the blanks with your particular details:
When you \__________, I felt ______________.
Please do/don’t ___________.
_____________ is important to me.
For example:
When you continued sending work requests while I was on annual leave, I felt anxious and overwhelmed. Please don’t contact me during holidays or weekends. Having defined work and rest periods is important to me.
It’s important to note that this doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the response you want out of others. However, I try to remind myself that it’s my responsibility to communicate my boundaries clearly and compassionately, but it’s not my responsibility to make things okay for them.
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LPT REQUEST! How to not fall in love with every girl I talk to?
I know it's not love but infatuation, I'm aware of that but deep down I want to be loved so badly that I seem to see my potential partner in every woman I talk with. I know it's not healthy but I don't know what to do.
https://redd.it/1583jnq
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LPT Does anyone feel like they are waiting for something to start their life ?
Why does it feel like I'm waiting for something like the right timing or something to start working on my life when the fact is I wasted 5 years of my life. I basically wasted my early 20s and now that I'm in my mid20s I still keep doing same thing but the environment has changed so much as I reflect deeply. The people I know now gotten married or in serious relationship, majority of them finished college and now working full time jobs that pays great. Working on their future and striving for success. Meanwhile, I still feel like I'm stuck in this middle of the ocean. Waiting and waiting like my mind just feel frozen. Seasons changes and new year arrives but I'm still living my life in this fixed mindset and when I realized so much things have changed. I feel behind in life. I don't understand what's holding me back from doing anything.
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