Beaglescout15
Beaglescout15 t1_j9ut7i9 wrote
Reply to comment by HPmoni in TIL about Janet Parker, the last person to die of smallpox in 1978. She worked above one of the last labs in its last months of permission to study the virus. The day Janet's viral strain was confirmed, Henry Bedson, the doctor in charge of the lab, took his own life. by w0mpum
> Confronted with a ticking clock, Bedson rushed ahead with his experiments, despite warnings from a WHO inspection team that his facilities were outdated and potentially unsafe.
It wasn't just honorable, he was directly negligent.
Beaglescout15 t1_j6sofo7 wrote
Reply to TIL The Super Bowl can generate anywhere from $230 million to $475 million in economic impact for host cities. by BrainInYourButt
This article from Business Insider breaks down why "economic impact" is different than profit, and that the real profit is more like $30-130 million.
It's mostly the same reasons the only host city to ever make a real net profit off the Olympics was Los Angeles in 1984.
Beaglescout15 t1_j0fiqrr wrote
Reply to TIL Over 35,000 Children Receive Emergency Room Treatment Each Year from Bunk Bed Associated Injuries. by Geniunelad
My kid used to fall out of bed all the time until we got her in a bunk bed that had a mattress lower than the sides of the bed. I have a friend whose kid broke their collarbone falling off a bunk bed--the lower bed.
Beaglescout15 t1_ittco1l wrote
Reply to comment by imnotmarvin in TIL Tobacco smoke enemas were used in an attempt to resuscitate victims of near drowning. by sTroPkIN
Considering they thought that draining your blood would make you better, it's not that farfetched.
Beaglescout15 t1_isvkcx6 wrote
Reply to TIL The Arthur Miller play "Death of a Salesman" is the only Broadway play to have won the Tony Award for Best Play four times. The original production in 1949, and the revivals in 1984, 1999, and 2012. by greed-man
It's such a cheerful one too! But really, it's a masterpiece.
Beaglescout15 t1_jccvkpn wrote
Reply to TIL that many species of spiders can fly through the air with a technique called ballooning by last_air_nomad
This does not make me happy.