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old_bearded_beats t1_j7yc4qa wrote
Reply to comment by Amulek_My_Balls in TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
Stiltskin I believe?
old_bearded_beats t1_j7ybymi wrote
old_bearded_beats t1_j1m09gy wrote
Reply to TIL while writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens was "taking night-time walks of 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) around London." to build out the story in his head. by SuperMcG
Easy to end up walking this far in London. I will regularly hit 15k on a normal day hoofing about the place. 20 miles is quite a long walk though.
old_bearded_beats t1_iyesjru wrote
Reply to TIL not everyone has 206 bones. More than a third of people have extra “accessory bones” by gedaliyah
If you took a survey of all living humans, the average number of skulls is greater than 1.
old_bearded_beats t1_j7ycarj wrote
Reply to TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
I'd be interested to know HOW the body actually detects being in water. Is it through some mechanism of increased turgidity of cells absorbing water through osmosis?