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GhostBurger12 t1_jdo3244 wrote

Reply to comment by wes00mertes in TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke. by MorsOmnibusCommunis

It's such a large number, it would require a 100% train derailment / a whole bridge collapsing if it wasn't asphyxiation.

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Xyrus2000 t1_jdo2nie wrote

Reply to comment by KeniLF 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

Because our education system is...challenged when it comes to biological education, there are some pretty big gaps when it comes to people knowing how things in the body function.

For example, a fertilized human egg is not some gentle little thing growing peacefully within the uterus. A fertilized human egg is actually an incredibly voracious parasite that will attach itself to whatever it can and, like a vampire, will drain it of every last nutrient.

The uterus, contrary to popular myth, is there to protect the mother from its ravenous appetite. It acts as a firewall to prevent the egg from killing its host. Hence why when a fertilized egg goes awry (winds up anywhere outside the uterus) it's a serious and life-threatening situation. Women can wind up dying in horrible and incredibly painful ways when things go wrong. And now, thanks to the rising far-right "Christian" nationalists creating the Neo-Inquisition, all those lovely horrible ways to die are making a comeback.

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WoolyLawnsChi t1_jdo0cxe wrote

Reply to comment by JohnWickThickStick 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

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

https://www.acog.org/advocacy/facts-are-important/understanding-ectopic-pregnancy

Bans on Abortion Threaten Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

Abortion bans threaten to impede ectopic pregnancy treatment. For example ...

  • Legislation that bans abortion care for those with an ectopic pregnancy or mandates how clinicians treat ectopic pregnancies does not reflect the clinical reality of ectopic pregnancy management and could result in delays or even denials of care.
  • Abortion bans—even those with exceptions for ectopic pregnancy—can generate confusion for patients and health care professionals and can result in delays to treatment. Health care professionals should never have to navigate vague legal or statutory language to determine whether the law allows them to exercise their professional judgment and provide evidence-based care.
  • Any application of an abortion ban that affects those in need of treatment for ectopic pregnancy is inappropriate and will certainly cost lives.
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Airosokoto t1_jdnzqdr wrote

Reply to comment by bebe_bird 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 all about wanting control instead of morality. There of those who desire a simpler world view so they can feel as if their incontrol, and those that will use them to get power because of how easy it is to manipulate them.

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Readylamefire t1_jdntkn7 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

My sister was a mirror twin. They shared a placenta, and she developed reverse of her twin (they believe this happens after a very late split) and it came with a huge price. Her twin, the one that was developing with organs in the usual place, ended up with her blatter and organs outside her body. Initially they thought they lost both twins.

When she was born, my mom didn't get to see the aftermath of what happened to the other baby, she was unconscious. I don't think my dad did either. But my sister is alive, happy, and healthy despite a lot of struggles along the way.

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Riff316 t1_jdnsk8u wrote

Reply to comment by Tribaal 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

Yeah, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield had something in his eyes during an EVA causing them to fill up with contaminated tears, essentially blinding him. Houston’s solution was for him to vent his helmet and suck the tears out into space.

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Riff316 t1_jdnscit wrote

Reply to comment by marsokod 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

Chris Hadfield was told by Houston to vent his helmet when his eyes were blinded by contaminated tears on an EVA. I assume you could do something similar here.

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