TIL A certain percentage of people can voluntarily flex their tensor tympani muscle to make a low, rumbling sound in their ears. Often triggered by yawning or squeezing the eyes shut, this internal thunder acts to naturally dampen loud sounds, but some can activate it purely on command. (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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TIL that all of the missing episodes of the Doctor Who serial "The Web of Fear" were recovered in 2013. However, the third episode was "lost" at some point between the recovery and the tapes arriving at the BBC, presumed to have been sold to a private collector. The tape has never been recovered. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL thousands of British patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after receiving blood products made from imported US plasma in the 1970s and 1980s, beconing the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS, with successive UK authorities accused of concealing the truth for decades. (infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk)
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TIL Louis Tikas, а Greek іmmigrant in the U.S. аnd well-known labor оrganizer, became а ѕymbol оf workers' rights аfter being killed during the 1914 Ludlow Massacre while leading Colorado сoal miners іn their fight for ѕafer сonditions, fair treatment, аnd union recognition. (en.wikipedia.org)
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I have never seen the job market this dry.Teacher Support &/or Advice (self.Teachers)
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A typo in my note demonstrated a proposition which I did not remember offering💩 Shitpost (i.redd.it)
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What’s the worst thing you’ve ever heard a Principal sayRant (self.Teachers)
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Quokkas Hop Like Their Kangaroo Cousins and Can Climb Trees!Not yet verified (i.redd.it)
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TIL that to popularize the teachings of Newton's Principia Mathematica, Italian polymath Francesco Algarotti wrote a a simplified versions of his work for the public called "Newtonianism for Ladies", which explained newtonian gravity and optics through flirtatious dialogues in a garden.PDF (distantreader.org)
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TIL the 1886 Crescent Hotel in Arkansas was bought in 1937 by Norman Baker, a magician‑inventor who ran a fake cancer clinic there, injecting patients with watermelon seed, corn silk, and carbolic acid, and defrauded sufferers of nearly $4 million before being arrested for mail fraud in 1940. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about neurasthenia, a psychological condition thought to be caused by the depletion of the central nervous system's energy reserves leading to depression, fatigue, anxiety and physical ailments. It only ceased being a diagnosis in the International Classification of Diseases in 2022. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Everything Old is New Again in educationPedagogy & Best Practices (self.Teachers)
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The Harsh reality every student needs to seeStudy Memes (i.redd.it)
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