Skud_NZ t1_jdqy9lf wrote on March 26, 2023 at 2:30 PM

I heard a story about a guy who had been feeling like crap for a while. eventually started coughing blood. Doctors found a tumor and did a biopsy and found a fir tree seed had germinated in his lung. He was a botanist and made a full recovery

Skud_NZ t1_iwmsdwr wrote on November 16, 2022 at 8:15 PM

Reply to TIL In the 19th and 20th century, there were dozens of documented cases of people's teeth exploding in their mouths. Primitive metal fillings were suspected to be the cause. by haddock420

Forbidden popcorn

Skud_NZ t1_iuwqi6x wrote on November 3, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Reply to comment by Mediocre_Truth_6115 in The Dark Harbinger by UnderThat

He buff

Skud_NZ t1_iue0e2o wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:49 PM

Reply to comment by Seriksy in Ozone Hole Continues Shrinking in 2022, NASA and NOAA Scientists Say | Annual Antarctic ozone hole over the South Pole was slightly smaller than last year and generally continued the overall shrinking trend of recent years. by yourSAS

I wonder how fast it would get fixed if the hole was over north America

Skud_NZ t1_itynf2q wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:33 AM

Reply to comment by UloPe in How Google Alerted Californians to an Earthquake Before It Hit by max-venum

I thought it was "a whales vagina" in German?

Skud_NZ t1_isoychh wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Reply to comment by CascadingMonkeys in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095

I've never heard of a liquid helium balloon

Skud_NZ t1_isoxyf4 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Reply to comment by LornAltElthMer in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095

Will be used in flying cars as well

Skud_NZ t1_irxkm1r wrote on October 11, 2022 at 7:57 PM

Reply to TIl the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer was built in Germany during world war 2 by Konrad zuse but received no press coverage because of the war by mankls3

Has anyone got it to run doom?

Skud_NZ t1_irdy6b7 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 9:46 AM

Reply to comment by jpr64 in Widely used sewer pipe repair technology creates and emits nanoplastics into the air by ajwhelton

Thanks. I make polyethylene pipe as a job but have no idea about installation/repair really

Skud_NZ t1_irdv4a3 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 8:57 AM

Reply to comment by jpr64 in Widely used sewer pipe repair technology creates and emits nanoplastics into the air by ajwhelton

Do you know what the common repair technique is they're talking about? I'm guessing it involves heat and is done while water is still in the pipe.