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HisSilly t1_jdq9b3j wrote
Reply to comment by ElizabethHiems 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
I think you're arguing about abdominal pregnancy meaning labour would never happen, but the comment you're responding to is talking about a placenta that's extended past the uterus, the foetus was still in utero?
boomstickbutcher t1_jdq9akj wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
Your use of quotation marks around the words cultural tradition says it all. It’s some dismissive and passive aggressive white guy thing to do that disregards others cultural practices. It’s like using finger quotes sarcastically to dismiss someone or something. It’s petty, and little. One thing you will learn about indigenous people if you ever spent the time, would be that indigenous cultures are highly adaptive, we wouldn’t survive if we weren’t. Unlike many of you European cultures that are static and unchanging for a thousand years.
Fetlocks_Glistening t1_jdq9736 wrote
So that's how we get pot noodles, from inside vegetables!?
snow_michael t1_jdq8z0y wrote
Reply to comment by boomstickbutcher in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
> understood the point you attempted to make
Well, you're the one who ultimately said it's not an old tradition, which was my original point, so I'm delighted to accept that and move on
michal_hanu_la t1_jdq8xjf wrote
The reason we like MSG is that it indicates presence of protein. We like protein.
esgrove2 t1_jdq8w9o wrote
Reply to TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217
One Punch Man type stuff. "lift a chair and look at something far away 100 times a day and you'll be as powerful as Superman."
boomstickbutcher t1_jdq8rz2 wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
I read your stupid little words and understood the point you attempted to make with them. You are a racist, and a twat, enough said.
Craw__ t1_jdq8mhr wrote
Reply to comment by A40 in TIL US & UK shoe sizes is based on the size of a Barleycorn! by VeryPoliteRaccoon
Metric wombat poo.
snow_michael t1_jdq8jhx wrote
Reply to comment by boomstickbutcher in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
And I never said it wasn't a tradition, just not an old one, you illiterate cunt
Cookielover4k t1_jdq8epw wrote
Reply to comment by lancelongstiff in TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7
Ugh of course it was the 60s!!
boomstickbutcher t1_jdq87s9 wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
Like I said, one of many of our cultural traditions. I never said it’s an old tradition you cunt.
iobeson t1_jdq7ijo wrote
Reply to comment by Dr_Hexagon in TIL That the Hallway (as an architectural feature) was first recorded in 1597 by SalMinellaOnYouTube
The Romans were so fucking badass.
melbbear t1_jdq74rm wrote
Flemmbrav t1_jdq6omu wrote
Reply to comment by AtebYngNghymraeg in TIL US & UK shoe sizes is based on the size of a Barleycorn! by VeryPoliteRaccoon
You're somewhat right with that, it's based on 2/3rds of a centimeter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_point
Ironavenger475 t1_jdq6oly wrote
Reply to comment by fireandiceofsong 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
In the rock’s version of hercules, the seer found out that he would die by a flaming arrow and throughout the movie, he tries to accept fate whenever he sees a flaming arrow. But, something or the other would always intervene and he’d stay alive
Fetlocks_Glistening t1_jdq61sn wrote
Reply to comment by trai_dep in TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217
That's not the crypto he meant!
jar1967 t1_jdq5v7b wrote
Reply to TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
The event was also planned by the guy who thought 10 cent beer night would be a good idea. It did not end as well as you think
ElizabethHiems t1_jdq5nhj wrote
Reply to comment by Mama_Mush 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
Not by c-section. The full name for a c-section is lower segment caesarean section. That means performing a horizontal incision into the lower segment of the uterus to deliver the baby. That means there has to be a womb developed enough to have one.
If the baby is outside of the uterus then the birth will be surgical but it will not be a caesarean. Multiple specialist surgeons are required.
One of the most significant problems faced by the surgeons is that the womb is designed to have a placenta stuck on it. The rest of your body is not.
When the placenta comes away from the womb at birth, it creates a large area of trauma. The criss cross fibres of the uterus clamp down on the blood vessels cutting off their supply. It also decreases in size to about the height of your tummy button. Bodies are amazing.
But the rest of your body has no such mechanism so all the removal will cause trauma that has to be repaired.
Your womb normally weighs about 60g, but that increased to 1kg by term. If the baby has grown outside the womb, the womb still weighs 60g.
If you have two wombs and get pregnant in one of them, only one will grow. It has to have a baby in it to grow. If there is no baby in the uterus, labour will not start. There is no mechanism to tell the body it is time.
MyMudEye t1_jdq565h wrote
Reply to comment by LightningOW in TIL that the ratio of male births to female births is 51/49%, and it's thought the ratio of X and Y chromosomes in the man's sperm is most likely the cause. by iKickdaBass
Implying?
Sadly, there are many enforced differences between the sexes. Stud and slut describe the same actions but do not convey the same meaning.
We are still debating skin colour with people who should have gone extinct by now.
We still have people basing their world view on a bronze age interpretation of life, the universe and everything.
Facist religious dogma is inherently sexiest first and foremost. Then comes the racism.
I pick on religion because it is the gateway drug for inequities.
Hail Satan
snow_michael t1_jdq4y1b wrote
Reply to comment by CaliBigWill in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
"she began talks with a team of French geneticists to analyze the DNA of the sanctuary’s native horses. She expects that their results will provide undeniable scientific proof..."
... that all horse species currently extant on the North American continent are descended from European, caballoid, horses https://awionline.org/content/wild-horses-native-north-american-wildlife
snow_michael t1_jdq47oy wrote
Reply to comment by boomstickbutcher in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
Horses were only introduced into the North American landmass in the late 1400s
They were not widely distribured until the mid 1600s
My university college has older 'cultural traditions' than that
Goddownvote t1_jdq441i wrote
Reply to comment by New_Insect_Overlords in TIL That E-cigarettes were first invented in the 1960s, but were never sold in order to protect the traditional cigarette market by TooOfEverything
The obituaries would be hilarious
snow_michael t1_jdq41ob wrote
Reply to comment by ferrariguy1970 in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote
There are no wild horses in the US
Przewalski's horse is the only remaing wild horse in the world
PineapplesAreLame t1_jdq9ohc wrote
Reply to comment by CulturedClub 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
I too am an idiot. I said it aloud, like etc? Then it hit me. Duh.