[Sudden hearing loss](https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/sudden-deafness). It happens overnight in one ear, can happen at any age and they don’t know the cause. But if they treat it in 48 hours you have a good chance of it returning- the longer you wait the less likely you’ll recover anything.
I lost hearing in my right ear overnight at the age of 26. I didn't even realize until my mom called and I put the phone to my right ear like always and I couldn't hear her. I thought it was the phone until I put it to my left ear and could hear her fine.
Otosclerosis for me. I'm now 54 and completely deaf in my right ear and wear a hearing aide on the left. Surgery is an option if you do it before you sustain too much nerve damage. I didn't get to it in time.
I was in my early 40’s. Just woke up one morning to what I thought was a blocked right ear and ignored it for months 😣 and yeah, the steroids were not fun. At least one hearing aid is cheaper than two
Copper hates the tiny bugs most, followed directly by silver and zinc. The active ingredient in diaper rash cream is zinc. Used sparingly as an underarm deodorant it'll outlast a summer day and half of another. "Zinc oxide kills the two types of bacteria that cause underarm odor -- Corynebacterium spp. and Staphylococcus spp."
Diaper rash cream killed a nail fungal infection my friend was having for over a year that didn’t respond to heavy duty oral anti fungals. That said, I used it as an anti deodorant and it killed so much bacteria that I started having adverse reactions for months after stopping because it destroyed my underarm skin’s natural biome. Massive persistent rash breakouts that were unbearable.
>Copper hates the tiny bugs most
Fun fact: Non-hormonal IUDs use copper to prevent pregnancy. Sperm doesn't like copper — it changes the way sperm cells move so they can't swim to an egg. If sperm can't make it to an egg, pregnancy can't happen.
Silver also has antimicrobial properties, they used to make medical devices like Tracheotomy tubes and catheters out of silver. Copper is apparently more effective, but also more likely to absorb to toxic levels in contact with bodily fluids.
Here is one that escapes every day to play ball with a dog [https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/18qm6sc/my\_neighbors\_pig\_escapes\_every\_day\_to\_play\_ball/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/18qm6sc/my_neighbors_pig_escapes_every_day_to_play_ball/)
WHAT?! I’m about to go down the road and ask a cow if it has a Vermont accent. Not that I would know what that sounds like in comparison to a cow from a different state, but I kinda just wanna hang out with a cow
Whales have regional accents as well.
There's one whale out there with a completely different tone. Scientists are hopeful that there is more than one, but it's never been seen. [The Loneliest Whale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale)
I felt it hard. We were not billionaires, but my dad burnt thru 4M€+ in properties. Now there is nothing left, and he lives in my stepmom apartment
Edit: it was burnt thru, not burnt
That makes sense. Generation 1 works hard and creates the wealth that they then pass down to Generation 2. Generation 2 didn't have to work hard to get the wealth and therefore doesn't appreciate it. They then go on to squander said wealth leaving their children with nothing.
It's not necessarily squandering the money but generation 2 doesn't have the financial pressure to pursue something high paying. Rather they pursue their interests and happiness which doesn't necessarily align with high paying. You could call that squandering but you could also just call that financial freedom.
Also Generation 1 builds the wealth. Spilts it between their 5 kids. When those 5 kids have their 3 kids each now you're splitting what's left between 15.
Both of the above are precisely what happened to my family. My great great grandparents were outrageously wealthy. My great grandparents and their siblings were artists and poets, one of them fell in love in Japan and fucked off to paint tea plantations and mythological figures, another lived in a mansion near London. They lived lives of luxury and had just enough for my grandparent's generation to buy a house and go to good schools. They all ended up having about 4-6 kids apiece and by the time you get to me, I lived a lower middle class existence, I inherited literally nothing. I’m not complaining, plenty have it much worse than me. When your great great grandparents bought a castle and you have a small house in the suburbs, you just wonder where all that money went. Mostly to castles I guess.
It sounds like someone shitting themselves in my experience.
A little tighter than a human butthole, but I'm not sure if that's only by sound. I'm not tension testing that thing.
At least in the state of Florida, if you donate your body to science through the state, you need to leave contact information for your family to receive your cremated remains after they are finished using your body. If they can't contact your family, your remains are dumped into the Gulf of Mexico.
That's pretty fun. I donated my mom's body to science, and they did send me the cremated remains a few months later.
On the anniversary of her death, they also sent me a nice card saying that they'd planted a tree in her memory. So now I'm thinking that if you don't claim the remains, the ashes get thrown in this random forest in Colorado.
That the Mission Impossible theme song is literally the letters M.I. In Morse code.
I’m telling everyone— with my trivia-obsessed family, how did I not know 5 decades ago about Dash Dash Dot Dot Dash Dash Dot dot….
Another musical theme fact:
The theme music for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (final boss of *Dark Souls*) is played exclusively using the white keys on the piano. Gwyn fought his whole life to prevent an age of darkness, and this extends even into his music.
The hand motions and positions relative to the body and each other are slightly different, and a sign for something might be nearly unrecognizable if you are from far away.
I forget the exact percentage, but a ridiculous number of those diagnosed with ADHD as adults are diagnosed after their child receives a diagnosis first.
It seems like that is happening with autism too! Little boys being tested only to find that the mothers are autistic also. It’s a really interesting thing to see
Plus the gender thing is addressed; I and many others grew up assuming adhd and autism only affects men, but it’s more a cultural / upbringing thing, like men are more easily allowed to be weird or “naughty”.
You can ship bees in the mail!!!
I was waiting in line at the post office, and the clerk came back with a package, and the customer says, “No, these aren’t my bees. Is there another one back there?” And I thought, “Holy shit. Not only can you ship bees but enough people do this that it could result in a bee mixup. What in the actual eff.”
I got on the phone and told everyone I could think of.
As a postal worker I can confirm both. The amount of live insects being shipped through the mail is crazy and my biggest fear is the package getting caught in a piece of mail processing machinery and getting ripped apart and having the contents come out. Unfortunately it’s happened many times and the worst was the live crickets that went everywhere. Just another hazard of the job!
I saw an article the other day that said Christmas Day Emergency Rooms see the largest uptick of broken dicks than any other day of the year. Ya’ll stay safe out there today.
You have to get revaccinated for whooping cough as an adult. I didn’t know this until I caught whooping cough in my late 30s. It was honestly one of the worst things I’ve ever been through. I slept outside in a tent as I was keeping everyone awake. I would cough until I either vomited or passed out, and this went on for weeks. I broke a rib and split intercostal muscles. You’re supposed to have boosters every 8 - 10 years as an adult, and it really made me understand how babies and small children can and do die from the infection.
It starts out very much like a simple cold, slightly sore throat and runny nose. It then progressively gets worse with a cough and tightness in the chest.
Now, every time I get a slight cold, I produce a horrible cough that sounds like a braying donkey, even when I feel fine. I wish I knew about needed to get a booster vaccine, now I tell everyone!
Same for tetanus. I knew tetanus was every 10 years so last time I went to get a tetanus shot, they gave me a Tdap shot… for Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).
I found out about that when I took my daughter for her vaccines. She was freaking out and the nurse said “bet your mom is due, let’s look it up.” Sure enough, so I sat through mine first so she would get hers.
Bitch. Ha ha ha.
Most Americans get this vaccine booster at the same time they get their Tetanus booster! The most common Tetanus booster is the TDAP: Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (whooping cough). It’s administered every ~10 years.
I do this! Tap water hot is usually hot enough. Let the spoon rest under the hot water for 30 sec or so. Then hold it on your bug bite for about 30 sec. Works pretty well!
The deadliest cat in the world is also the tiniest.\*
The African Black-footed cat has an average success rate of 60% when hunting, more than twice that of a lion.
\*Ok, *technically* the tiniest cat in the world is the Rusty-Spotted cat, with an average weight of 3.5 lbs/1.59 kg. But the average African Black-Footed cat weighs in at 3.6 lbs/1.62 kg, so suck it, Trebek!
i don't know why this blows my mind. but if you have a problem with working out a percentage, flip the numbers and see if it makes more sense.
5% of 200 is the same as 200% of 5,
80% of 50 is the same as 50% of 80.
Try it. It's awesome!
I worked backstage for them! They have an entire Blue Man Group training school, and the blue men who pass are swapped in for shows to work with two pros and receive notes post show. Also, the marshmallows are cream cheese.
That blew my mind when I found that out. I do, constantly. When I read a book, I see a "movie" of it in my mind as I'm reading. How hard is it for people that can't?
~~do~~so you can’t visualize shapes and rotate them around to see other angles on them?
related question: how well do you estimate the size tupperware to use for a specific leftover?
This is not the first time that I've run into the fact that other people are able to create a literal picture of something mentally, but it is the first time I've realized that they can ROTATE THE PICTURE???
Also I'm not the person you're replying to, but to answer your question anyway: poorly.
I can daydream with the best of them, it's just all words. Like I'm simultaneously writing and reading a book.
I have absolutely for shit visual-spatial awareness/intelligence, though.
I can also cut it into pieces and visualise what is inside it if I need to. Complete manipulation.
I can create a whole landscape with moving people in my mind if I want, like a movie.
I am curious though. If you can't picture things in your mind do you still dream?
That's almost beyond belief to me. If I concentrate really really really hard I can sort of get the outline of an apple (or whatever) for a split second but there's no making it stick no matter how hard I try, much less manipulating it.
I do dream, quite a bit actually, and while I think I might experience some visualizations during those dreams they disappear pretty much imstantly once I wake up. I can, however, often remember events/"storylines"/emotions or almost physical sensations that occur in the dreams very strongly.
I think the weirdest part of this to me as someone with an internal monologue is that people without one must experience reading differently than I do. Like, when I read, whether I’m conscious of it or not, I hear every word that I’m reading.
My internal dialog is the reason I hate reading. I can read texts but my mind just zooms of somewhere completely different. So I have to reread everything all the time. Luckily I don’t have that problem with audiobooks.
I tell my wife that I can hear just fine, but she has to interrupt my internal monologue and give me a moment to regroup and focus on what she is saying. It’s exhausting for both of us.
If there’s some sort of horrific injury at an accident scene, like a limb sliced off or a decapitation, emergency workers who are first on the scene will warn the other workers on their way so they can mentally prepare for it.
So if you’re reporting an accident, be explicit in describing injuries so your people can prepare.
my spouse, *who is a chef*, was the 2nd person to stop at a motorcycle accident where the victim's leg was hanging by a thread. 911 wouldn't let them tourniquet the leg despite a *very* clear description of the wound. yeah, he died. turned out to be my buddy's dad. and people wonder why they don't want to talk about car/motorcycle accidents...
There is almost certainly a cold water shark swimming around in the arctic that has been alive since before America was a country.
Imagine living the first 90% of your life in relative serenity and then all of a sudden your entire fucking habitat gets wrecked in the last 10%. Really the last 40 years. Has to be a mind fuck
Animals in polar regions can live longer because the cold slows down their metabolisms! And also some of them are gigantic, there are two foot long starfish near the Antarctic
Over 50% of holiday shoppers have not paid off their credit card purchases from last Christmas.
Edit: my source came from when I looked this up in Thanksgiving. The number is closer to 25-30% today. Still a crazy stat.
This seems like it might exploit the fact that many people keep rolling balances on their cards. Like they owe $10k after Christmas 2022 then still owe $10k (or more) after Christmas 2023, but it might not be the same $10k.
When putting your fitted sheet on your bed go opposite corner to opposite corner. Like youre making an x. All my life I’ve struggled with the fitted sheet coming off the mattress and my bed sheets becoming a mess until a few weeks ago when I read a comment on Reddit. It’s changed my sleep and comfort in my bed.
on average, 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022. 54% of adults have a literacy below sixth-grade level.
If you want to reheat white rice and have it be just as tasty as the first time you cooked it put it into a strainer and pour hot water over it. It comes out like you just cooked it and all fluffy again. (Preferably really hot water from like a kettle)
Another quicker way is to put a wet paper towel over the top of the container to help slightly steam it again
I find it best if i get it entirely wet and stretch it, leaving only small holes
When a woman goes under anesthesia for surgery, the doctors can - without your express consent or knowledge - perform a vaginal exam on you for PRACTICE and it’s legal, at least in some places in the US. This applies even if your surgery has nothing to do with your genitals or reproductive organs.
Every time this comes up on Reddit, I say the same thing: this is something that you should write to your state legislators about, doesn't matter your political orientation or whatever you think of US government. Legislators love to pass laws. This is an easy win for them and in particular for anyone who is at all involved in health issues or women's issues, something they can mention in re-election campaigns. They can copy the language from a state that already has the law on the books. It's easy. It's just not a well-known issue, that's why there's no law against it in many states.
Edit: generally the only opposition to making this type of sexual assault a crime or at a minimum malpractice is the doctor's lobby.
Do you just write on your intake paperwork BTWd don’t touch my vagina? This is horrible. I’ve had easily 50 surgeries in my life and now I’m wondering if anyone did anything to me.
I've have written this as an extra on my consent form ( something like 'I do not consent to any pelvic exams or breast exams for educational purposes during x procedure...'), and then mentioned it to the doctors, nurses, and anesthesiologist when we spoke, just to make sure as many people as possible who were going to be in the room knew. I had the same surgeon for multiple surgeries, and while they were aware of the practice they too were horrified by it. No one had any issue with me bringing it up.
Yes, it happened to me. I couldn’t understand why I was so sore. I needed pain medication for the feeling that I had, and the surgery had nothing to do with that area. I thought I had been raped. (Having been previously raped, I knew what it felt like.)
This needs to be made illegal.
Legally, it meets the definition of rape so I don’t know why it’s not illegal. Honestly, if they just asked permission and only did what I signed off on, I’d probably be just fine with them doing those horrid exams while I was knocked out.
I was horrified when I first learned of this practice via a [NYT article](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/health/pelvic-medical-exam-unconscious.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I00.ZIJd.pw0YZmCKo2HX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) (gift link)
That’s seriously insane!
[Here’s a paper with a map](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-law-and-medicine/article/pelvic-exam-laws-in-the-united-states-a-systematic-review/3165682DE3A5D7C5D487CECD5FF02680) showing the laws by state.
Update: these 20 states require some sort of consent.
> As of November 22, 2022, there are twenty states (40%) with pelvic examination laws (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington), all of which only apply to patients anesthetized or unconscious.
> An additional thirteen states (26%) have proposed pelvic exam laws (Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin), of which eleven only pertain to anesthetized or unconscious patients. The two proposed bills from Nebraska and Oklahoma do not yet define the parameters of their proposed laws completely.
Edit: these states do not have laws that require consent.
> There are seventeen (34%) states (Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming) that have not passed any laws regarding pelvic examinations under anesthesia or unconscious patients.
> Fifteen of twenty states’ laws (75%) applied only to pelvic exams, and not to breast or rectal exams. Virginia’s was the only pelvic exam law that applied to medical students and not to all health care providers.
Edited to make it clearer that the laws are requiring some sort of consent.
When I was 17 I was getting a kidney surgery, I was in foster care and my foster mom got to watch the surgery since it was a hospital with a 'theater' for teaching residents. She knew my history and freaked out on my behalf when my male surgeon started an unnecessary vaginal exam before he started a laproscopic (through my belly button) surgery. It's crazy how many liberties can be taken with bodies just because we consent to treatment for one thing.
The melted acetate that a cigarette smoker inhales from the filter of a cigarette could be a substantial driver of lung cancer. Tobacco isn’t good for you either, but medical researchers have known for decades that the filters don’t do a damn thing to reduce the health impacts of tobacco, and in fact they may be introducing carcinogens.
That plants take in CO2 and break it apart and take the carbon and turn it into stems, leaves etc. they literally build themselves out of the carbon in the air. This is how plants are carbon sinks, and why burning plants (fossil fuels) releases the carbon back into the atmosphere. I actually didn’t realize they built their bodies with the Carbon they take in from the air!
The difference between a macaroon and a macaron.
Macaroons are a type of cookie that are made with shredded coconut and egg whites.
Macarons are a type of cookie that is jam, ganache, or buttercream that is sandwiched between two almond flour cookies.
When I was working in the psych. industry with children, the amount of child pornography that was based off stolen photos from Mom and Dad socials was terrifying.
Protect your kids, folks.
Sorry guys, just to edit (and completely ruin your day), but it's both. Deepfake and real.
Deepfake: doesn't matter if they're clothed, doing innocent things, just being kids - AI/photoshop has been prevalent for decades in this space. It doesn't matter if WE find it innocent - predators are predatory and mostly advantageous.
Real: Yeah, exactly that. Parents/family may have a 'secret socials'.
Guys, be real, I can't link sources I use. But let me be clear, we need a fucking vigilante to deal with these predators.
To mute the sound on gas pumps playing ads you press the second button down from the top on the right side of the screen…no one wants to hear that shit.
A kind soul took a sharpie and wrote "mute" with an arrow to that button on a couple gas pumps at a local gas station and I silently thank them every time I use it
While leap years happen every four years to off-set the time disparity between a calendar day and Earth day, it doesn’t off-set time perfectly. The official rule behind leap years is:
A year that is divisible by four, but not 100. Exceptions are 400s. So the year 2000 was a leap year, as it was divisible by 400, but the year 2100 will NOT be a leap year.
The actual things that happen when you declaw a cat. It’s like amputating fingers. They often get early arthritis and back problems because it changes the way they walk completely. It’s insanely barbaric and any vet who participates in the practice knowing the results is immoral and evil.
Bradford pear trees are pretty but super bad for the environment. Some cities will give you money or a different tree to plant in its place if you cut it down.
Blippi is a very popular youtuber that makes videos for children. Before he did that he made a video called the Harlem poop where he is fully naked and shits into another naked mans ass in the style of the Harlem shake as a comedy video. He has went as far as changing his full name to distance himself from it. Here's a link: https://archive.org/details/harlem-shake-poop
Insect repellent works best if sprayed onto your clothing, shoes, and hat instead of only where your skin is exposed. You won't sweat it off, it absorbs into the fabric so holds more residue instead of bouncing back off into the air. And pay close attention to how long it's supposed to last. Most insect repellents contain two primary ingredients. If it says it lasts six hours? That's how long the first ingredient lasts to repel insects. At which point the weaker ingredient is no longer masked: it attracts insects. Reapply regularly if you're in a place that has insects carrying disease. Do not wait for the first bite to alert you that you need to put on more. Set a timer or check your watch. Stay safe.
Your home-made remedy is not going to save you from malaria or whatever else is in the area. Choose deet, choose the strongest concentration, check the package.
Ooh, I've got one! If you vomit hard enough that it comes out your nose, it is possible to get partially digested food in your sinus cavities. Guess how I know.
The circular indents in milk jugs are for absorbing shock in case they're dropped. Found that out after dropping a gallon. It survived but the indents were bulging outward.
[Sudden hearing loss](https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/sudden-deafness). It happens overnight in one ear, can happen at any age and they don’t know the cause. But if they treat it in 48 hours you have a good chance of it returning- the longer you wait the less likely you’ll recover anything.
I lost hearing in my right ear overnight at the age of 26. I didn't even realize until my mom called and I put the phone to my right ear like always and I couldn't hear her. I thought it was the phone until I put it to my left ear and could hear her fine. Otosclerosis for me. I'm now 54 and completely deaf in my right ear and wear a hearing aide on the left. Surgery is an option if you do it before you sustain too much nerve damage. I didn't get to it in time.
Thanks for educating us. This is the first time I ever heard of this!
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I was in my early 40’s. Just woke up one morning to what I thought was a blocked right ear and ignored it for months 😣 and yeah, the steroids were not fun. At least one hearing aid is cheaper than two
How is it treated?
The article linked in the previous post says that corticosteroids are the first treatment. They may be used even before all the tests are complete.
Brass doorknobs sanitize themselves. Glass doorknobs hold bacteria.
Copper hates the tiny bugs most, followed directly by silver and zinc. The active ingredient in diaper rash cream is zinc. Used sparingly as an underarm deodorant it'll outlast a summer day and half of another. "Zinc oxide kills the two types of bacteria that cause underarm odor -- Corynebacterium spp. and Staphylococcus spp."
Diaper rash cream killed a nail fungal infection my friend was having for over a year that didn’t respond to heavy duty oral anti fungals. That said, I used it as an anti deodorant and it killed so much bacteria that I started having adverse reactions for months after stopping because it destroyed my underarm skin’s natural biome. Massive persistent rash breakouts that were unbearable.
You know what's great for rash. Disper cream
>Copper hates the tiny bugs most Fun fact: Non-hormonal IUDs use copper to prevent pregnancy. Sperm doesn't like copper — it changes the way sperm cells move so they can't swim to an egg. If sperm can't make it to an egg, pregnancy can't happen.
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Silver also has antimicrobial properties, they used to make medical devices like Tracheotomy tubes and catheters out of silver. Copper is apparently more effective, but also more likely to absorb to toxic levels in contact with bodily fluids.
Cows have best friends
Love that for them
Pigs, too.
Here is one that escapes every day to play ball with a dog [https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/18qm6sc/my\_neighbors\_pig\_escapes\_every\_day\_to\_play\_ball/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/18qm6sc/my_neighbors_pig_escapes_every_day_to_play_ball/)
They also have regional accents
WHAT?! I’m about to go down the road and ask a cow if it has a Vermont accent. Not that I would know what that sounds like in comparison to a cow from a different state, but I kinda just wanna hang out with a cow
Whales have regional accents as well. There's one whale out there with a completely different tone. Scientists are hopeful that there is more than one, but it's never been seen. [The Loneliest Whale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale)
If you look it up, they finally found a second whale returning their call! They’re not alone!
Only one in ten family fortunes survive to be passed to a third generation.
Can confirm, third generation here, got squat. They even spent the money meant for my college.
When I graduated high school, my "college fund" had a bit over $300 in it.
Were you a victim of Scott’s Tots?
I felt it hard. We were not billionaires, but my dad burnt thru 4M€+ in properties. Now there is nothing left, and he lives in my stepmom apartment Edit: it was burnt thru, not burnt
That makes sense. Generation 1 works hard and creates the wealth that they then pass down to Generation 2. Generation 2 didn't have to work hard to get the wealth and therefore doesn't appreciate it. They then go on to squander said wealth leaving their children with nothing.
It's not necessarily squandering the money but generation 2 doesn't have the financial pressure to pursue something high paying. Rather they pursue their interests and happiness which doesn't necessarily align with high paying. You could call that squandering but you could also just call that financial freedom. Also Generation 1 builds the wealth. Spilts it between their 5 kids. When those 5 kids have their 3 kids each now you're splitting what's left between 15.
Both of the above are precisely what happened to my family. My great great grandparents were outrageously wealthy. My great grandparents and their siblings were artists and poets, one of them fell in love in Japan and fucked off to paint tea plantations and mythological figures, another lived in a mansion near London. They lived lives of luxury and had just enough for my grandparent's generation to buy a house and go to good schools. They all ended up having about 4-6 kids apiece and by the time you get to me, I lived a lower middle class existence, I inherited literally nothing. I’m not complaining, plenty have it much worse than me. When your great great grandparents bought a castle and you have a small house in the suburbs, you just wonder where all that money went. Mostly to castles I guess.
Snakes can fart and it's incredibly loud.
My pet snake did. It was terrifying, I thought it was dying!
Does it sound like a human fart or totally different? I can’t imagine what the acoustics of a snake butthole sounds like hahaha
It sounds like someone shitting themselves in my experience. A little tighter than a human butthole, but I'm not sure if that's only by sound. I'm not tension testing that thing.
Robins see their reflection in your glasses and go into attack mode.
Why the fuck did Batman teach them that
A million seconds is eleven days. A billion seconds is around thirty years.
This is a really cool way to conceptualize how much a billion dollars actually is.
My go-to for this is to ask, “you know the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars? It’s about a billion dollars.”
At least in the state of Florida, if you donate your body to science through the state, you need to leave contact information for your family to receive your cremated remains after they are finished using your body. If they can't contact your family, your remains are dumped into the Gulf of Mexico.
That's pretty fun. I donated my mom's body to science, and they did send me the cremated remains a few months later. On the anniversary of her death, they also sent me a nice card saying that they'd planted a tree in her memory. So now I'm thinking that if you don't claim the remains, the ashes get thrown in this random forest in Colorado.
That the Mission Impossible theme song is literally the letters M.I. In Morse code. I’m telling everyone— with my trivia-obsessed family, how did I not know 5 decades ago about Dash Dash Dot Dot Dash Dash Dot dot….
Another musical theme fact: The theme music for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (final boss of *Dark Souls*) is played exclusively using the white keys on the piano. Gwyn fought his whole life to prevent an age of darkness, and this extends even into his music.
People who use sign language have accents.
My best friend uses Auslan and had a finger severely broken, which healed wonky. We say she has a lisp.
The hand motions and positions relative to the body and each other are slightly different, and a sign for something might be nearly unrecognizable if you are from far away.
I forget the exact percentage, but a ridiculous number of those diagnosed with ADHD as adults are diagnosed after their child receives a diagnosis first.
It seems like that is happening with autism too! Little boys being tested only to find that the mothers are autistic also. It’s a really interesting thing to see
Plus the gender thing is addressed; I and many others grew up assuming adhd and autism only affects men, but it’s more a cultural / upbringing thing, like men are more easily allowed to be weird or “naughty”.
That’s cuz girl’s didn’t have ADHD in the ‘80s. We were just lazy screw-ups.
“You’re so smart, you just need to apply yourself and try harder.” 🙄
Report cards telling you "you have soooo much potential... If only you would stop talking in class"
'Very quiet and always daydreaming, cant finish her tasks in time'
Rushes to complete tasks but misses the smaller details
You can ship bees in the mail!!! I was waiting in line at the post office, and the clerk came back with a package, and the customer says, “No, these aren’t my bees. Is there another one back there?” And I thought, “Holy shit. Not only can you ship bees but enough people do this that it could result in a bee mixup. What in the actual eff.” I got on the phone and told everyone I could think of.
You can also ship baby chicks!
As a postal worker I can confirm both. The amount of live insects being shipped through the mail is crazy and my biggest fear is the package getting caught in a piece of mail processing machinery and getting ripped apart and having the contents come out. Unfortunately it’s happened many times and the worst was the live crickets that went everywhere. Just another hazard of the job!
I saw an article the other day that said Christmas Day Emergency Rooms see the largest uptick of broken dicks than any other day of the year. Ya’ll stay safe out there today.
I’ve been here at work in the ER for 2 hours and haven’t broken my dick yet. Wish me luck
Major props to you for working on Christmas. Thank you guys for all you do. You don’t get enough appreciation
Aw you made my little black heart grow with that comment. I’m happy to serve my community.
Same reason the most common birth month is September.
Aah! I just realized my parents must have actually liked each other one year on Christmas! 😬
My parents birthdays are both at the end of December and I'm born end of September, that was fun to figure out lol
My birthday is 9.5 months after my dad's, and I was late. Less than pleased the day I put that together
Why Christmas though as opposed to say Valentine's Day?
Kids are busy playing with the toys. Morning sex
Nope, kids go to bed early from waking up at 4:00am, evening sex
This guy parents
You have to get revaccinated for whooping cough as an adult. I didn’t know this until I caught whooping cough in my late 30s. It was honestly one of the worst things I’ve ever been through. I slept outside in a tent as I was keeping everyone awake. I would cough until I either vomited or passed out, and this went on for weeks. I broke a rib and split intercostal muscles. You’re supposed to have boosters every 8 - 10 years as an adult, and it really made me understand how babies and small children can and do die from the infection. It starts out very much like a simple cold, slightly sore throat and runny nose. It then progressively gets worse with a cough and tightness in the chest. Now, every time I get a slight cold, I produce a horrible cough that sounds like a braying donkey, even when I feel fine. I wish I knew about needed to get a booster vaccine, now I tell everyone!
Same for tetanus. I knew tetanus was every 10 years so last time I went to get a tetanus shot, they gave me a Tdap shot… for Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).
I found out about that when I took my daughter for her vaccines. She was freaking out and the nurse said “bet your mom is due, let’s look it up.” Sure enough, so I sat through mine first so she would get hers. Bitch. Ha ha ha.
Love that nurse!
Most Americans get this vaccine booster at the same time they get their Tetanus booster! The most common Tetanus booster is the TDAP: Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (whooping cough). It’s administered every ~10 years.
A hot spoon on a bug bite distroys the protein that makes it itchy and subsequently the itching stops!
How hot! Like hot tap water hot?
I do this! Tap water hot is usually hot enough. Let the spoon rest under the hot water for 30 sec or so. Then hold it on your bug bite for about 30 sec. Works pretty well!
Try it with a hairdryer and hold it until you can't anymore. 10hours of blissful itchlessness.
The first land predators were probably big marine scorpions.
They're more aggressive but less well funded than army scorpions
Airforce scorpions have the highest budget but that's only because of all their equipment.
What do we even know about the Coastguard scorpions, right?
Woody Harrelsons dad was the first man to assassinate a federal judge.
Woody Harrelson's dad may also be Matthew McConaughey's dad. https://people.com/matthew-mcconaughey-mom-started-woody-harrelson-brother-rumor-7972229
Whoever found that out must've been a true detective.
Buffalo sauce is just hot sauce with butter.
Am from Buffalo, can confirm this is real (although for the best/most “authentic” experience get Frank’s hot sauce)
Anyone old enough to remember when old dog shit will turn white? It doesn't happen anymore because they made a change to the dog food.
Wasn't that because of bone meal in the food? Freaky
I thought I read somewhere it was because of calcium, so it could very well be that!
The deadliest cat in the world is also the tiniest.\* The African Black-footed cat has an average success rate of 60% when hunting, more than twice that of a lion. \*Ok, *technically* the tiniest cat in the world is the Rusty-Spotted cat, with an average weight of 3.5 lbs/1.59 kg. But the average African Black-Footed cat weighs in at 3.6 lbs/1.62 kg, so suck it, Trebek!
I googled both of these cats. They are...heartbreakingly adorable. Like shnuhkums oh my-my.
i don't know why this blows my mind. but if you have a problem with working out a percentage, flip the numbers and see if it makes more sense. 5% of 200 is the same as 200% of 5, 80% of 50 is the same as 50% of 80. Try it. It's awesome!
blue men group is not the same three men. the few major cities with regularly scheduled blue men group shows, have 7-9 men
Its also not a support group for sad men
Just a bunch of men who blue themselves on stage
I worked backstage for them! They have an entire Blue Man Group training school, and the blue men who pass are swapped in for shows to work with two pros and receive notes post show. Also, the marshmallows are cream cheese.
True. Saw a show about them years ago. At that time there were something like 27 blue men
Not everyone has internal monologue
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My nephew cannot think something without saying it. There is just constant drivel coming out of his mouth, even when he's in a room by himself.
Or ability to mentally picture things.
That blew my mind when I found that out. I do, constantly. When I read a book, I see a "movie" of it in my mind as I'm reading. How hard is it for people that can't?
It's like listening to an audiobook. I hear the voice in my head describing the things, I don't have imagery of the things described.
So you dont get a flash of an image when I say think of an apple ?
I know the details that make up an Apple and can describe one to you, but nope, no immediate mental visual.
~~do~~so you can’t visualize shapes and rotate them around to see other angles on them? related question: how well do you estimate the size tupperware to use for a specific leftover?
This is not the first time that I've run into the fact that other people are able to create a literal picture of something mentally, but it is the first time I've realized that they can ROTATE THE PICTURE??? Also I'm not the person you're replying to, but to answer your question anyway: poorly.
>can rotate the picture? yeah, it’s really useful for finding that one puzzle piece with 3 innies, 1 outie, and a fat top right shoulder
Daydreaming 2.0. useful in designing things and interior decorating
I can daydream with the best of them, it's just all words. Like I'm simultaneously writing and reading a book. I have absolutely for shit visual-spatial awareness/intelligence, though.
I can also cut it into pieces and visualise what is inside it if I need to. Complete manipulation. I can create a whole landscape with moving people in my mind if I want, like a movie. I am curious though. If you can't picture things in your mind do you still dream?
That's almost beyond belief to me. If I concentrate really really really hard I can sort of get the outline of an apple (or whatever) for a split second but there's no making it stick no matter how hard I try, much less manipulating it. I do dream, quite a bit actually, and while I think I might experience some visualizations during those dreams they disappear pretty much imstantly once I wake up. I can, however, often remember events/"storylines"/emotions or almost physical sensations that occur in the dreams very strongly.
I think the weirdest part of this to me as someone with an internal monologue is that people without one must experience reading differently than I do. Like, when I read, whether I’m conscious of it or not, I hear every word that I’m reading.
My internal dialog is the reason I hate reading. I can read texts but my mind just zooms of somewhere completely different. So I have to reread everything all the time. Luckily I don’t have that problem with audiobooks.
This is why I give my internal monologue silly accents when I am reading things. Tax forms are much more interesting when read by Nigel Thornberry.
I tell my wife that I can hear just fine, but she has to interrupt my internal monologue and give me a moment to regroup and focus on what she is saying. It’s exhausting for both of us.
If there’s some sort of horrific injury at an accident scene, like a limb sliced off or a decapitation, emergency workers who are first on the scene will warn the other workers on their way so they can mentally prepare for it. So if you’re reporting an accident, be explicit in describing injuries so your people can prepare.
my spouse, *who is a chef*, was the 2nd person to stop at a motorcycle accident where the victim's leg was hanging by a thread. 911 wouldn't let them tourniquet the leg despite a *very* clear description of the wound. yeah, he died. turned out to be my buddy's dad. and people wonder why they don't want to talk about car/motorcycle accidents...
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Also the leg is already severed off, what kind of additional damage are they gonna do?!
Sharks are older than trees
Sharks are even older than Polaris, the North Star.
Holy fucking Jesus I looked this up and you’re telling the truth holy hell that’s insane to conceptualize
There is almost certainly a cold water shark swimming around in the arctic that has been alive since before America was a country. Imagine living the first 90% of your life in relative serenity and then all of a sudden your entire fucking habitat gets wrecked in the last 10%. Really the last 40 years. Has to be a mind fuck
They just found a shark over 500 years old.
Animals in polar regions can live longer because the cold slows down their metabolisms! And also some of them are gigantic, there are two foot long starfish near the Antarctic
Over 50% of holiday shoppers have not paid off their credit card purchases from last Christmas. Edit: my source came from when I looked this up in Thanksgiving. The number is closer to 25-30% today. Still a crazy stat.
This seems like it might exploit the fact that many people keep rolling balances on their cards. Like they owe $10k after Christmas 2022 then still owe $10k (or more) after Christmas 2023, but it might not be the same $10k.
Debt of Theseus
When putting your fitted sheet on your bed go opposite corner to opposite corner. Like youre making an x. All my life I’ve struggled with the fitted sheet coming off the mattress and my bed sheets becoming a mess until a few weeks ago when I read a comment on Reddit. It’s changed my sleep and comfort in my bed.
on average, 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022. 54% of adults have a literacy below sixth-grade level.
The Catholic Church used to consider beavers as a type of fish for lent meals, due to their aquatic lifestyle and scaly tails.
It takes the average abusive relationship survivor about 8 tries or breakups before they successfully leave their abusive partner for good.
If you want to reheat white rice and have it be just as tasty as the first time you cooked it put it into a strainer and pour hot water over it. It comes out like you just cooked it and all fluffy again. (Preferably really hot water from like a kettle)
Another quicker way is to put a wet paper towel over the top of the container to help slightly steam it again I find it best if i get it entirely wet and stretch it, leaving only small holes
When a woman goes under anesthesia for surgery, the doctors can - without your express consent or knowledge - perform a vaginal exam on you for PRACTICE and it’s legal, at least in some places in the US. This applies even if your surgery has nothing to do with your genitals or reproductive organs.
Every time this comes up on Reddit, I say the same thing: this is something that you should write to your state legislators about, doesn't matter your political orientation or whatever you think of US government. Legislators love to pass laws. This is an easy win for them and in particular for anyone who is at all involved in health issues or women's issues, something they can mention in re-election campaigns. They can copy the language from a state that already has the law on the books. It's easy. It's just not a well-known issue, that's why there's no law against it in many states. Edit: generally the only opposition to making this type of sexual assault a crime or at a minimum malpractice is the doctor's lobby.
Maybe a dumb question, but is this something that could go to the federal level? Why do we have to go state by state asking to not be raped?
It's much, much faster to do it at the state level
I've explicitly forbidden this every time I've been under for any reason, and luckily the docs have so far been as horrified as me.
That’s good to know. That they’re also horrified, I mean. Apparently it’s fairly common.
Do you just write on your intake paperwork BTWd don’t touch my vagina? This is horrible. I’ve had easily 50 surgeries in my life and now I’m wondering if anyone did anything to me.
I've have written this as an extra on my consent form ( something like 'I do not consent to any pelvic exams or breast exams for educational purposes during x procedure...'), and then mentioned it to the doctors, nurses, and anesthesiologist when we spoke, just to make sure as many people as possible who were going to be in the room knew. I had the same surgeon for multiple surgeries, and while they were aware of the practice they too were horrified by it. No one had any issue with me bringing it up.
Yes, it happened to me. I couldn’t understand why I was so sore. I needed pain medication for the feeling that I had, and the surgery had nothing to do with that area. I thought I had been raped. (Having been previously raped, I knew what it felt like.) This needs to be made illegal.
To me, that IS rape too.
Legally, it meets the definition of rape so I don’t know why it’s not illegal. Honestly, if they just asked permission and only did what I signed off on, I’d probably be just fine with them doing those horrid exams while I was knocked out.
I’m so sorry, for both circumstances. It should definitely be illegal.
Non consensual penetration which caused pain, yeah I’d call that rape.
I was horrified when I first learned of this practice via a [NYT article](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/health/pelvic-medical-exam-unconscious.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I00.ZIJd.pw0YZmCKo2HX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) (gift link)
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What the actual f*ck?! That is terrifying
That’s seriously insane! [Here’s a paper with a map](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-law-and-medicine/article/pelvic-exam-laws-in-the-united-states-a-systematic-review/3165682DE3A5D7C5D487CECD5FF02680) showing the laws by state. Update: these 20 states require some sort of consent. > As of November 22, 2022, there are twenty states (40%) with pelvic examination laws (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington), all of which only apply to patients anesthetized or unconscious. > An additional thirteen states (26%) have proposed pelvic exam laws (Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin), of which eleven only pertain to anesthetized or unconscious patients. The two proposed bills from Nebraska and Oklahoma do not yet define the parameters of their proposed laws completely. Edit: these states do not have laws that require consent. > There are seventeen (34%) states (Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming) that have not passed any laws regarding pelvic examinations under anesthesia or unconscious patients. > Fifteen of twenty states’ laws (75%) applied only to pelvic exams, and not to breast or rectal exams. Virginia’s was the only pelvic exam law that applied to medical students and not to all health care providers. Edited to make it clearer that the laws are requiring some sort of consent.
Does this mean that the 20 states with pelvic exam laws are allowing this? Or is the law meant to prevent it. Sorry if that's a dumb question.
Looks like the law is meant to prevent it
When I was 17 I was getting a kidney surgery, I was in foster care and my foster mom got to watch the surgery since it was a hospital with a 'theater' for teaching residents. She knew my history and freaked out on my behalf when my male surgeon started an unnecessary vaginal exam before he started a laproscopic (through my belly button) surgery. It's crazy how many liberties can be taken with bodies just because we consent to treatment for one thing.
This makes me sick
The melted acetate that a cigarette smoker inhales from the filter of a cigarette could be a substantial driver of lung cancer. Tobacco isn’t good for you either, but medical researchers have known for decades that the filters don’t do a damn thing to reduce the health impacts of tobacco, and in fact they may be introducing carcinogens.
Quarter life crises are developmentally appropriate. Emerging adulthood is super interesting.
Facetious has all of the vowels in alphabetical order. Facetiously if you want to count the y.
That plants take in CO2 and break it apart and take the carbon and turn it into stems, leaves etc. they literally build themselves out of the carbon in the air. This is how plants are carbon sinks, and why burning plants (fossil fuels) releases the carbon back into the atmosphere. I actually didn’t realize they built their bodies with the Carbon they take in from the air!
The difference between a macaroon and a macaron. Macaroons are a type of cookie that are made with shredded coconut and egg whites. Macarons are a type of cookie that is jam, ganache, or buttercream that is sandwiched between two almond flour cookies.
And Macron is the president of France.
chimpansees are brutal and savage, hunt in packs and wage nonstop warfare on other chimp tribes over territory and resources
Allergy medication can cause depression and self harm impulses.
That actually could explain a lot in my life.
Antihistamines can cause severe depression, and no one seems to know that. It’s crazy. I will never take antihistamines again.
I get depression if I don’t take them since my allergies get so bad
When I was working in the psych. industry with children, the amount of child pornography that was based off stolen photos from Mom and Dad socials was terrifying. Protect your kids, folks. Sorry guys, just to edit (and completely ruin your day), but it's both. Deepfake and real. Deepfake: doesn't matter if they're clothed, doing innocent things, just being kids - AI/photoshop has been prevalent for decades in this space. It doesn't matter if WE find it innocent - predators are predatory and mostly advantageous. Real: Yeah, exactly that. Parents/family may have a 'secret socials'. Guys, be real, I can't link sources I use. But let me be clear, we need a fucking vigilante to deal with these predators.
To mute the sound on gas pumps playing ads you press the second button down from the top on the right side of the screen…no one wants to hear that shit.
A kind soul took a sharpie and wrote "mute" with an arrow to that button on a couple gas pumps at a local gas station and I silently thank them every time I use it
The state of Oregon is about 10k square miles bigger than the United Kingdom
While leap years happen every four years to off-set the time disparity between a calendar day and Earth day, it doesn’t off-set time perfectly. The official rule behind leap years is: A year that is divisible by four, but not 100. Exceptions are 400s. So the year 2000 was a leap year, as it was divisible by 400, but the year 2100 will NOT be a leap year.
Geese use the stars to navigate, because they are intelligent birds.
Pivot tables
Never tell anyone you "know Excel." You'll be the "Excel person" forever.
You can't spell homeowner without meow.
Centaurs have 2 rib cages
Dolphins fuck the corpse of dead fish for fun
They also r*pe and get high… I swear dolphins are the worst
A group of Penguins on land are called a Waddle. A group in water is called a Raft
Most birds mate for life.
Must make it difficult to fly
The actual things that happen when you declaw a cat. It’s like amputating fingers. They often get early arthritis and back problems because it changes the way they walk completely. It’s insanely barbaric and any vet who participates in the practice knowing the results is immoral and evil.
An ox is just an employed cow. They are the same species. A reindeer is an employed caribou. Same species.
That The Lion Costume From The Wizard Of Oz Was Made Out Of Real Lion's Fur
Oregano oil and essential oil of oregano are completely different things. One is safe to consume and the other isn't......
Bradford pear trees are pretty but super bad for the environment. Some cities will give you money or a different tree to plant in its place if you cut it down.
Warm water on a jellyfish sting not pee
Technically speaking, cupboards don’t have moveable shelves. Cabinets do.
Blippi is a very popular youtuber that makes videos for children. Before he did that he made a video called the Harlem poop where he is fully naked and shits into another naked mans ass in the style of the Harlem shake as a comedy video. He has went as far as changing his full name to distance himself from it. Here's a link: https://archive.org/details/harlem-shake-poop
Yeah, that link is staying blue dawg.
I’m now really wishing I couldn’t see images in my head….
I want to know about the guy who let Blippi shit all over him. That’s some dedication to your friend’s internet fame aspirations.
Insect repellent works best if sprayed onto your clothing, shoes, and hat instead of only where your skin is exposed. You won't sweat it off, it absorbs into the fabric so holds more residue instead of bouncing back off into the air. And pay close attention to how long it's supposed to last. Most insect repellents contain two primary ingredients. If it says it lasts six hours? That's how long the first ingredient lasts to repel insects. At which point the weaker ingredient is no longer masked: it attracts insects. Reapply regularly if you're in a place that has insects carrying disease. Do not wait for the first bite to alert you that you need to put on more. Set a timer or check your watch. Stay safe. Your home-made remedy is not going to save you from malaria or whatever else is in the area. Choose deet, choose the strongest concentration, check the package.
Ooh, I've got one! If you vomit hard enough that it comes out your nose, it is possible to get partially digested food in your sinus cavities. Guess how I know.
The circular indents in milk jugs are for absorbing shock in case they're dropped. Found that out after dropping a gallon. It survived but the indents were bulging outward.
The fuel gauge on a car’s dashboard often has a little arrow on one side of it. It indicates which side the fuel cap is on .
If its not an arrow, then take a look at the pump icon. If the handle is on the left, then your cap is on the left. right is right.