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TIL that infants require more General Anaesthetic than adults. For example a 6 month old baby requires almost 2x the amount to become unconscious than a 60 year old. My wife is studying Pharmacokinetics and I'm learning vicariously when she explains some the fascinating stuff. PubMed link as ref.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 01:26AM by pedad
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TIL that a gang of mobsters in NYC started a pizzeria called Ray's in the 1960s as a front for their drug dealing. Eventually Ray's pizza became almost as profitable as their drug dealing.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 01:41AM by persiancaviar
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Today I learned that when the PBS Newshour lists their major financial contributors at the end of the program, the "Rosalind P. Walter" they thank is Rosie the Riveter.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 02:24AM by southbayrideshare
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TIL that a second is technically defined to be "9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom”.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 05:50AM by seppukusama
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TIL that some people can voluntarily cause a rumbling sound in their ears by tensing the tensor tympani muscle.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 07:59AM by BeansAndDoritos
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TIL that the French soldier Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king in 1818 when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family still rules in Sweden today
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 01:34PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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TIL that the location of a polling place can influence how people vote. For example, if it's at a school it may lead to people voting for increased funding to education.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 12:51PM by John-Piece
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TIL: Sir George Everest did not want Mount Everest named after him. He objected that his surname could not be written in the Hindi language and that it was difficult for the locals to pronounce.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 02:32PM by queenarthurs
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TIL about Carlos Kaiser, who managed to have a nearly 20-year career as a professional football (soccer) player despite rarely playing and never scoring. He faked injuries or got himself ejected to avoid having to play but still became a fan favorite. “Life,” he said, “is marketing.”
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 02:06PM by PikesPique
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TIL A British school banned Sausage Rolls because they were considered unhealthy. The school requires pupils to show their lunchboxes to staff before and after they have eaten. Steve Fryer, whose son's sausage roll was confiscated, said the school should "stick to teaching kids".
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 02:48PM by amansaggu26
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TIL that in 2006, a Norwegian woman living in an apartment above a pub, suddently found her kitchen tap pouring beer, and not water, due to a plumbing error in the pub.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 02:10PM by pingulino
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TIL that Burger King is called ’Hungry Jack’s’ in Australia because some bloke in Adelaide already had a snack stand called Burger King and wouldn't change it, so BK gave Jack (the original franchisee) some choices on names and he chose Hungry Jack’s.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 04:05PM by DFergPR
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TIL that some soldiers' wounds began to glow after the battle of Shiloh, and this glow was associated with better survival rates. It's thought to have been caused by an antibiotic-producing bacteria.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 04:22PM by CompeDiem
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TIL The actor that played the Telletubby, Tinky Winky, died alone on a street in Liverpool from alcoholism at the age of 52.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 06:26PM by mentholstate
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TIL that the depictions of the mafia in The Sopranos were so accurate, that real members thought that they were being spied on. These conversations were overheard, when the FBI were indeed spying on them.
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 07:11PM by 98finishing
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TIL I learned the source of the internet myth that Mr. Rogers was a sniper: The screenwriters of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood say they discovered in their research that there was another Fred Rogers who was a sharpshooter for the Marines, and his self-promotion confused a lot of people online
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 05:14PM by MistleFeast
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TIL In a 2019 Gallup poll, Americans rated the honesty and ethics of different professions: Nurses (85%) at the top for the 18th year in a row, followed by Engineers (66%) and Medical Doctors (65%); and Car salespeople (9%) at the bottom, just under Members of Congress (12%) and Senators (13%).
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Submitted March 05, 2020 at 05:37PM by chacham2
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