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ChiggaOG OP t1_jcsb2p1 wrote

Reply to comment by GozerDGozerian in TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG

That pickup line only works on medical professionals. If you tell a stranger in public they had Rhabdo. You might find they will grab yo ass and yet you to the nearest black hole.

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AdminsAreLazyID10TS t1_jcsard6 wrote

Reply to comment by YallMindIfIJoin in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard

It is physically impossible to repair the drive in less than four weeks.

Does it in ninety seconds

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no-kooks t1_jcsa7tm wrote

Reply to TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables

I find it ironic that the origin of “Baltimore Ravens” is likely lost on most people who are into that sort of thing.

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Killeroftanks t1_jcs9hya wrote

Reply to comment by anhedonis539 in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard

Sometimes other pilots would see it.

However I am pretty sure 70% of these cases are completely made up, because pilots really like to prop up their kill counts, and landing with a destroyed prop would make you look stupid for hitting something, like another plane because you're too stupid to look around you, but its badass if you land back with a broken prop because you smashed an enemy plane with it, on purpose.

Fun fact about this, all throughout the Pacific many allied pilots would confirm Japanese kills because they saw the plane bank away and a smoke trail would follow afterwards, making the pilot believe they shot down a plane.

However the zero ( in this case) used a wep (or war emergency power, aka throwing nitrous into the engine to get a little bit more power out of it, but not actually that in this case) which threw out a lot of smoke.... So ya quite a few kills allied pilots made weren't actual kills. However with zero way of disputing it nothing can be done besides a blanket reduction of kills on reports, which no army will ever do, at least any public reports.

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GozerDGozerian t1_jcs9crx wrote

Reply to TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG

“Hey there, my name’s GozerDGozerian. Sorry to bother you but I just wanted to warn you that you’re at risk of Rhabdomyelosis… Because I’ve got a HUGE crush on you.”

(This pickup line might work better in the vicinity of a med school or hospital)

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sudo-netcat t1_jcs8t8o wrote

Reply to TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard

I'm imagining the propeller making tablesaw noises while it eviscerated the tail like some Looney Tunes shit.

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FlyingMacheteSponser t1_jcs7kei wrote

Reply to comment by yesgirlsusereddit in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard

You can land a plane that's lost all engine power though (and/or your prop), but without your tail you're screwed.

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maggiemypet t1_jcs6mgx wrote

Reply to comment by xxDankerstein in TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG

There's a book about the oral tradition of paramedics (if you're interested, I can try and dig it up). One of the paramedics was helping after Mt St. Helen's erupted. Apparently, we turn into roast beef. Also, when small air crafts crash into a mountain, heads pop off.

Tmyk?

Update: Book: Talking Trauma Check this out! https://a.co/d/5p7QvOj

Amazon only has physical book, but I found an ebook on Google Read at some point.

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ShakaUVM t1_jcs62ci wrote

Reply to TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables

I recited The Raven to a raven in the Big Bear Zoo. It enjoyed it. Good times.

I also visited Rhode Island last year and randomly came across the house of the chick that PoE was simping for. As I walked down the cold snow lined street past the church graveyard that was literally her backyard, a huge cloud of raven's took off from the trees there and looked quite ominous in the winter night.

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ShakaUVM t1_jcs5r95 wrote

Reply to comment by Flyingboat94 in TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables

>"I'll drink a pound or two of lead paint!" - Said the Raven nevermore

Probably went straight to its hips

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dedjedi t1_jcs5i57 wrote

Reply to comment by GracefullyIgnorant in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard

ground mechanic: wtf did you do to this plane bro

pilot: it was the darndest thing you see...

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