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wowyo TIL early 20th century pregnancy tests involved a lengthy and costly process where the urine sample would be injected into five mice per woman. The mice would then be dissected to find out if they were ovulating. These results would be obtained in a week.
xVVW7 TIL that in WW2 China flooded the Yellow River intentionally to stop the advance of the Japanese troops
nvbd TIL that the Danish word for “Cruise Control” is “Fartpilot.”
7ryeP TIL that the experience of pain can be reduced by visual shrinking or increased by visual magnifying. When presented with a shrinking view of their arm, participants with chronic-limb pain reported less pain, or increased pain in the magnified condition.
nWWl9 TIL that a Nigerian-born man named August Brown took part in the Warsaw uprising in 1944, WW2