The thread of learning something new every day
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
In the mid 19th century Ignaz Semmelweis suggested that washing hands by Dr's prior to delivering babies would reduce mortality rates...he was ridiculed, apparently suffered a breakdown and was committed to an asylum by colleagues.
He was beaten by guards in the asylum and died following a large wound that turned gangerous
In a similar vein....(may have posted this before?)
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Google seems to confirm this is true...I did not know that
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@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
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@hooroo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
If there was enough food to feed gargantuan crocodiles I guess http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/
which makes me wonder if those giant prehistoric sharks -megalodons- had the same problem, they keep growing, run out of enough food...there is also an immortal jellyfish
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish -
@nostrildamus said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@hooroo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
If there was enough food to feed gargantuan crocodiles I guess http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/
which makes me wonder if those giant prehistoric sharks -megalodons- had the same problem, they keep growing, run out of enough food...there is also an immortal jellyfish
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish
Valid!! I like this. Imagine crocs hunting elephants twice a day! What a sight to behold. You think with evolution they would get quicker too. Hippos beware!!
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@dogmeat im surprised teams is so low, my company as about 55k staff and i spend 4-8 hours a day on teams
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@kiwiwomble said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@dogmeat im surprised teams is so low, my company as about 55k staff and i spend 4-8 hours a day on teams
It says 'connects' so I guess that each person on each meeting gets counted once at the initial connect?
I'm more surprised at the amount of tweets. Apart from when people copy one onto here I never look at it.
It used to be useful when places used it as an instant comms platform eg skifields letting customers know lift opening updates etc but that died out. -
For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
From 1896 until the 1930s, showmen would travel the country staging wrecks at state fairs.
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@bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
The main characters from Golden Girls were younger than the ones in the latest series of Sex in the City.
That’s gonna make the wank considerably more awkward. Let me know how you get on bro.
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I'll be shocked if someone hasn't already posted this channel on here somewhere, but I've been watching a few of this guys videos.
He's a bit of hick (in the best way), he doesn't take himself too seriously, and the stuff is sometimes completely fascinating:
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Good Twitter thread.
Think #38 may be relevant to here ...
I hope #10 isn't
- Proteus Effect:
In virtual spaces, people become like their avatars. For instance, using a "sexy" avatar tends to make a person more flirtatious. This suggests people's personalities are largely a performance choreographed to social expectations.
- Proteus Effect:
Ignaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia
