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Complete_Entry t1_jdn1hif wrote

Reply to comment by TheShaneBennett 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

Giving it a second gander, the article posted is from 2014, thank you for setting me straight.

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oatscoop t1_jdn0vw1 wrote

Reply to comment by proudlyhumble 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

There's a handful of cases where people were exposed to a total vacuum for a short period and survived. Here's one of them -- he was mostly unharmed.

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DastardlyRidleylash t1_jdn0mls wrote

Reply to comment by level27jennybro 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

It's like George Carlin said; to pro-lifers it's a matter of if they're preborn, they're fine, but if they're preschool, they're fucked until they can be turned into soldiers. They're effectively just anti-woman, just masking it under a visage that seems more palatable.

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bebe_bird t1_jdmzw5g wrote

Reply to comment by afox892 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

This is how I know the pro-life debate is just gaslighting us - saying all life is sacred while blatantly ignoring any science that supports higher quality of life lacks a consistent logic. There's too much "grey space" that's not actually grey at all, but it's difficult to codify.

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trimolius t1_jdmzvu1 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

Right? Like I get what the fact is supposed to be but the wording is annoying. Whose blood, oxygen and nutrients is the organ sponging off of to get bigger and bigger. The placenta is created by the mother as much as the baby is - i.e. completely.

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Controlled01 t1_jdmzibd wrote

Reply to comment by pmcall221 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

Nah, thats never the issue. Especially not at NASA, very well funded at all times. ^^^^/s

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JohnnyKaboom t1_jdmz808 wrote

Reply to comment by MuggyFuzzball 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

He did. I interviewed captain Chris Cassidy back in 2018 he was doing the space walk with Luca. He said the water tasted awful and wasn't really safe to drink.

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ChillWisdom t1_jdmz3dy wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] 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

>there are signals being sent to the mothers brain that are suppressing her immune system and allowing her body to accept the foreign body.

Just wanted to add that many miscarriages happen from this process not fully suppressing the immune system and the foreign "thing" in the body being booted out. For some women this happens repeatedly and they need to take medication so that their body doesn't reject, what is basically a parasite, from implanting in the uterus.

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trimolius t1_jdmywle wrote

Reply to comment by level27jennybro 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

Something I learned when it happened to me is that they make rhogam for when this happens with Anti-D antibodies but there are other antibodies your baby could have like Anti-E and Anti-K (Kell) that they don’t make a shot for! It can be very dangerous.

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NotAnotherScientist t1_jdmyu32 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 cool information. Thanks for sharing!

For those curious, I looked up non-placental mammals and as I was expecting, it's marsupials and the duck-billed platypus among others. What surprised me to learn is that the anteater is also a non-placental, non-marsupial mammal. Now I want to read more on the anteater.

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