Jacollinsver

Jacollinsver t1_jdvrj4t wrote

Reply to comment by mrnoonan81 in TIL that method used to rob the banks in the movie The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) was the actual method "Friday Night Robber" Carl Gugasian successfully used for over thirty years. by Saint_Gut-Free

>Although the statute of limitations has expired for the shooting, investigators hope to draw a confession from Gugasian.

Investigators: "Hey the guy you shot died 38 years later, do you mind confessing to murder? It'd mean a lot to us boys down at the station."

Gugasian:

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Jacollinsver t1_jdfs9rm wrote

Reply to TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain

This is what was given to Socrates as a death sentence

>The trial of Socrates has always seemed mysterious ... the charges sound vague and unreal ... because behind the stated charges was Socrates's real crime: preaching a philosophy that produced Alcibiades and Critias ... but of course he couldn't be prosecuted for that under the amnesty [which had been declared after the overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants] ... so his accusers made it "not believing the Gods of the city, introducing new gods, and corrupting the youth".

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Jacollinsver t1_jd9fy15 wrote

Reply to Air pollutants have been confirmed to increase the risk of Alzheimer's dementia. Air pollutants enter the lungs through the respiratory tract and cause inflammation, which causes various diseases throughout the body, especially the inflammation of nerves when it reaches the brain. by Wagamaga

Is it a specific pollutant or just general pollutants? If general, does this mean that smokers of any substance increase their risk of Alzheimer's?

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Jacollinsver t1_j7i7xx3 wrote

Reply to More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected. From insects like bees and butterflies, to organisms such as wasps and mosquitoes, insects are facing threats such as climate change, and a myriad of other ills such as habitat loss and pesticide use. by Wagamaga

Apart from the occasional massive kill off events from sudden and sweeping weather changes, isn't this mostly caused by runoff from farms, residential areas, and factories, all of which is saturated with some combination of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizer, heavy metals and toxic waste byproduct that pollutes our waterways and decimates egg populations of insects that breed in and around the water?

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Jacollinsver t1_iszfuty wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus

Holy shit you've just described me to a T. Shutting down when it's more than two people in the group, but being sociable one on one. The alcohol and weed dependance to be fluid in social situations, though this has opened up the door to abuse in the past.

I find it bizarre that I can walk away from a social situation knowing immediately what I should have said in that moment, and yet I always tend to say the wrong thing, almost like my shutdown brain takes over and lowers my IQ by 50 points. But then the cloud lifts as I walk away.

It's really difficult, but it really makes me happy knowing I'm not the only one it seems. Do you have ADD, by chance?

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Jacollinsver t1_iszc734 wrote

Reply to comment by funtomhive in TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus

Um. What condition did you have where you only used one eye but nobody noticed?

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