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billdehaan2 t1_jdm1kl8 wrote
Reply to comment by Laslopaniflex in TIL Daylight Saving Time (DST) was first used in 1908 in Port Arthur, Ontario (today's Thunder Bay). While Germany and Austria were the first countries to use DST in 1916, a few hundred Canadians beat the German Empire by eight years. by dremonearm
Well, with the Hoito gone... 😪
ClassicCodes t1_jdm0stz wrote
Reply to comment by Skips3000 in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl
Ummm, our atmosphere IS the air... It's not some container around the planet.
Gravity and the magnetic field of the Earth prevent the atmosphere from being stripped from the planet by air pressure and solar winds, respectively.
WoolyLawnsChi t1_jdm0i38 wrote
Esinthesun t1_jdm05vz wrote
Skips3000 t1_jdlzlvm wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl
Ever hear of the atmosphere? That’s what keeps our air on the planet…
TechnicalSymbiote t1_jdlyynk wrote
Reply to comment by _Dnikeb in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
Really? Wow! I'm honored to be the first to point it out!
_Dnikeb t1_jdlystv wrote
Reply to comment by TechnicalSymbiote in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
You're the first to notice that!
TechnicalSymbiote t1_jdly9vi wrote
Reply to comment by _Dnikeb in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
That's some pretty cool information. Thanks, u/_Dnikeb
spelling your username backwards made me smile, too, so thank you for that as well :)
krustymeathead t1_jdly673 wrote
Reply to comment by redheadartgirl in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
yeah the mother is a separate host. sorta like having a tapeworm. except the mother also has organs with tapeworm eggs.
Due_Insurance8159 t1_jdlxx0b wrote
Reply to TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
I know someone where the placenta attached itself around multiple organs. Took 6 hours surgery to deliver the baby. Natural labour would have been catastrophic.
_Dnikeb t1_jdlxs4v wrote
Reply to comment by TechnicalSymbiote in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
Said viral infection took place in the common ancestor of all placental mammals (who lived much later than the common ancestor of all mammals, that's why not all mammals are placentals), so humans specifically inherited it through evolution
TechnicalSymbiote t1_jdlxdnp wrote
Reply to comment by _Dnikeb in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
What about other animals placenta? How far back of an ancestral origin are we talking about, the first mammal?
crazyhadron t1_jdlx6ms wrote
Reply to TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
Even more like a parasite, leeching off the host body, mind-controlling it using hormones.
Samnixmob t1_jdlwyz2 wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl
To be fair, it's still a bizarre and hard to grasp concept
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_jdlwope wrote
Reply to TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
Not only that, but most of the blastocyst, (ball of cells which becomes the foetus) about 160 out of the 200 cells form the placenta with only the remaining 40 cells developing into the foetus.
png_in_cmyk t1_jdlvztq wrote
Reply to comment by rockhopper75 in TIL: Moray eel is the only known vertebrae to use its second set of jaws to both restrain and transport prey. by Folklorian_13
Now scroll back to the beginning and sing all of these to the tune of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song.
redheadartgirl t1_jdlvqyv wrote
Reply to comment by platinums99 in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
To better clarify, the placenta has the fetus's DNA, not the mother's. It's correct to say it isn't created by the mother.
platinums99 t1_jdlvfwn wrote
Reply to TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
Hol up. The fertilised egg is created by the mother . What a stupid and confusing title op.
[deleted] t1_jdlux8f wrote
Reply to comment by NoFriends182 in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
"However, MSG occurs naturally in ingredients such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, and protein isolate, as well as in tomatoes and cheeses."
_Dnikeb t1_jdluw5e wrote
Reply to TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
Also the genes that lead to the formation of the placenta are viral in origin. They were incorporated into our ancestors' genome after a viral infection.
NoFriends182 t1_jdlt9fk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
Well tomatoes don't technically have msg they have standard glutamates and when you salt them it converts to msg.
NoFriends182 t1_jdlt6mw wrote
Reply to comment by LikeWisedUp in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
My mum literally tried to ban me from buying MSG to use in some stirfrys and such. Like I'm a 25 year old man not living at home? And then when I bought it she cried yelling how I'm going to get cancer. And didn't speak to me for a year.
busherrunner t1_jdlsrkk wrote
BrokenEye3 t1_jdlspnn wrote
Reply to comment by Samnixmob in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl
People used to think something like that existed back before they explored enough of the world to realize that it looped back around on itself if you went far enough. In fact, many cultures believed the ocean already existed before the earth and sky were created. It's the closest thing to infinite nothingness they could imagine.
[deleted] t1_jdm209f wrote
Reply to comment by Esinthesun in TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity. by darw1nf1sh
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