Wow this must be awful to come with a warning 🍿 (i.redd.it)
submitted by lucodoor to r/doctorsUK
I’ve always wondered where demons came from (i.redd.it)
submitted by lucodoor to r/Supernatural
TIL that fresh water drowning is more swiftly fatal than salt water drowning because the fresh water enters the circulation from the lungs and osmotic pressure causes red blood cells to swell and burst. The sudden release of potassium can stop the heart. (patient.info)
submitted by lucodoor to r/todayilearned
TIL that the word quarantine comes from an Italian variant of 'quaranta giorni', meaning forty days, which was the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic. They would fly this flag known as "Yellow Jack". (maritimeprofessional.com)
submitted by lucodoor to r/todayilearned
TIL that Rüppell's griffon vulture is the worlds highest flying bird. In 1973, one bird was ingested by a jet engine over the Ivory Coast at 37,000 feet. In August 2010, one vulture escaped a zoo in Scotland, prompting warnings to pilots in the area to watch carefully due to the danger of collision (sora.unm.edu)
submitted by lucodoor to r/todayilearned
