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flaminate_strutching t1_je9ndy9 wrote
Reply to TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
And also that’s how we got to the word “galaxy” in general- the ‘gala’ came from the Greek word for milk!
flaminate_strutching t1_je4zoeo wrote
Reply to comment by CulturedClub in TIL that children born earlier in the academic year have a higher chance of participating in upper echelons of sports or academia. This is known as the Relative Age Effect. by ThatFaultyGamer
No, they were at least a full year younger. Most kids are 5 or 6 when they start kindergarten, not 3 or 4.
flaminate_strutching t1_jdpbyg6 wrote
Reply to comment by allstevenz in Research found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers by Wagamaga
It really doesn’t, though.
flaminate_strutching t1_jdnkz2a wrote
Reply to comment by OuterLightness in Any type of hormonal contraceptive may increase risk of breast cancer: according to an analysis of data by researchers at Oxford, progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives may increase breast cancer risk by 20-30%; the use of combined contraceptives may also slightly increase breast cancer risk. by aiaaidan
Pregnancy and breastfeeding both reduce breast cancer risks.
(and because I know this will be misinterpreted, I’m just stating fact. Idgaf if you ever have kids, I’d rather most people didn’t, and I agree that abortion should be legal)
flaminate_strutching t1_jd7cc6h wrote
Reply to TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
Those black flies they have are pretty relentless and awful, though.
flaminate_strutching t1_jcwv6j4 wrote
Reply to TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world. by Gecko99
“Boreholes thought to be created by titan beetle larvae seem to fit a grub over two inches wide and perhaps as much as one foot long.”
Holy crap!
flaminate_strutching t1_jciqixt wrote
Reply to TIL that the NFL made a committee to falsify information to cover up brain damage in their players by KirstenTillson
Yeah, and that isn’t even the racist part where they wouldn’t pay out brain damaged black players as much because they claimed that black players are naturally less intelligent and therefore had less capacity to lose than white players.
That only ended a few years ago because of lawsuits.
flaminate_strutching t1_jchd9x5 wrote
Yep. And bees, fish, and reptiles. I’ve received all of those in the mail:)
flaminate_strutching t1_jcdvrvn wrote
flaminate_strutching t1_jcdgnoq wrote
Reply to French Bulldogs are taking over the USA by mrpiggy
I think pretty poorly of people who buy these dogs, not gonna lie.
flaminate_strutching t1_jbv7l7s wrote
Reply to comment by tyler1128 in MDMA appears to confer resilience in a rodent model of chronic social defeat stress by chrisdh79
Do you have any links to the studies that found a connection between serotonin and depression? Or that demonstrate long-term improvement in quality life with SSRIs?
flaminate_strutching t1_jbuvhzu wrote
Reply to comment by ZalmoxisRemembers in MDMA appears to confer resilience in a rodent model of chronic social defeat stress by chrisdh79
That’s the research that’s being done now. Because these substances have been illegal for decades even for research, there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
Hopefully, though. Especially since we’re getting more sure that depression doesn’t really have anything to do with serotonin and that SSRIs don’t ultimately improve overall quality of life for people with depression.
flaminate_strutching t1_jbda2th wrote
Reply to Pregnant women and new mothers with schizophrenia are three times more likely to visit the emergency room as a result of being victims of interpersonal violence, a new study finds. About 1 in 5 (20.7%) women with schizophrenia experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. by MistWeaver80
According to the CDC, 1 in 5 women will experience rape in their lifetime, and 1 in 4 women will experience “severe physical violence” from an intimate partner. (source
I’m confused about the numbers then because it’s pretty well established that people with schizophrenia are more likely to be victims of violence, but the 20.7% rate cited here is lower than the general (female) population.
flaminate_strutching t1_jakeure wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Based on data from 36 low- and middle-income countries(LMICs), women are more likely to terminate their pregnancies if they were married, had more than four children, were over 30, or had higher levels of education. About 45% of all abortions are considered unsafe, of which 97% take place in LMICs. by MistWeaver80
I guess I’m not sure if we’re comparing apples to oranges here because this isn’t saying that most women seeking abortion have these characteristics, correct? It’s saying that women with these characteristics are more likely to have an abortion (but if they are also less likely to experience unplanned pregnancy in the first place, they might not represent the majority of abortion seekers).
In the US, anyway, the average woman who seeks an abortion is single, in her 20s, and doesn’t have a college education. Only 60% are already mothers, and only half of those have 2 or more kids. So that’s not really the same data I suppose, but it’s more relevant to the point that the person I was responding to made.
This does describe me almost perfectly, though. I only have 3 kids, but I’m married, in my 30s, have a college degree, and would be highly likely to terminate if I got pregnant (even though I didn’t when I was single and in my late teens).
flaminate_strutching t1_jaif2ld wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Based on data from 36 low- and middle-income countries(LMICs), women are more likely to terminate their pregnancies if they were married, had more than four children, were over 30, or had higher levels of education. About 45% of all abortions are considered unsafe, of which 97% take place in LMICs. by MistWeaver80
This is low and middle income countries, don’t forget. These demographics are different in high income countries.
flaminate_strutching t1_j8whvrh wrote
Could be? Are currently being. Have been being for a long time. It’s a huge problem. People are dying.
flaminate_strutching t1_j5yob1x wrote
I’d say you experienced it more than encountered it.
flaminate_strutching t1_j5yh6g4 wrote
Reply to comment by patco81 in TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers by PatmygroinB
I learned from QI that one of the reasons most planes are light in color is that the extra pigment in the paint to make them dark would be a significant amount of weight.
flaminate_strutching t1_j5tkuqy wrote
Reply to comment by just_nobodys_opinion in The number of new podcasts launched fell by nearly 80% between 2020 and 2022 by ianhillmedia
“People tried new hobbies during Covid.”
flaminate_strutching t1_j4irhsr wrote
Reply to comment by wallowsfan289 in There’s a strong relationship between diet in early life and food preferences in adulthood, research finds by Additional-Two-7312
Yep, that definitely exists. There are a variety of reasons why people can’t eat and live their entire lives on tube feeding formulas.
flaminate_strutching t1_je9sm0p wrote
Reply to comment by seniorfrito in Thousands of women join club to combat loneliness - BBC News by idreamofjiro
Boohoo, why aren’t the women making a group for us, too?? It isn’t faaaaiiirrrrr that they’re solving their own problems by themselves but not solving mine for me!