The-Crawling-Chaos
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_jed7jxa wrote
Reply to TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet". by WhatA_Nerd
It’s not just because it is sweet, but children are more sensitive to lead poisoning than adults due to their bodies more readily absorbing lead.
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_ja5goli wrote
Reply to TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
That article about her life is a wild ride.
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_j9s9xec wrote
Reply to comment by arondaniel in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
A nice prelude to a bit of the ol’ in-out in-out.
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_j8u9m24 wrote
Reply to comment by rjmsci in Psychedelics activate the same receptors as serotonin, so why aren't we always tripping? Psychedelics may cause neuronal plasticity and relieve depression by activating intracellular serotonin receptors that serotonin itself cannot, suggests a new study. by rjmsci
> Depression is not caused by lowered serotonin activity, sure, but compounds that primarily modulate the serotonin system do relieve it.
Which isn’t surprising when their response rate is only ~10% higher than the placebo- controlled response rates for depression of ~40% on average.
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_j5s3tv8 wrote
Reply to comment by _Abe_Froman_SKOC in TIL about medically unexplained symptoms, almost 1/4 of all people who visit a GP in the UK have phsyical conditions that cannot be explained by gorge_orwoll
It’s not lupus.
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_ixp1av1 wrote
Reply to TIL the first media report about the shift from lighters to the cellphone was a U2 concert in Chicago in 2005. by PlasterBaby
Instructions unclear, all phones now contain the U2 album.
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_jedv5my wrote
Reply to comment by HarryHacker42 in Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds by GeoGeoGeoGeo
Horsepox is not contagious to humans. Cowpox is, and it shares some acquired immunity with smallpox. Smallpox is believed to have evolved from a rodent poxvirus. Smallpox is not known to infect horses (or any other nonhumans).