Today I Learned… #2

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That Daddy Pig actually did run the London marathon. His results have been on social media . He's down as Daddy Pig and did it in just under 6 hours.
 
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That there is such a thing as a cucumber spider. So little and bright green
 
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I'm from a family of coal miners. They were told that smoking helped them to cough up the coal dust and was therefore beneficial.
It’s mad to think some of the treatments or supplements etc that we take these days will be considered this bizarre in a hundred years too!
 
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today i learnt that the prototype for the modern chainsaw was made in the 18th century, originally invented for the purpose of being a surgical instrument to assist in difficult childbirths! 😨
I learned this from QI and was horrified for the rest of that day. Imagine 🤢
 
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It’s mad to think some of the treatments or supplements etc that we take these days will be considered this bizarre in a hundred years too!
There's a programme called horrendous history which I was watching last night. They used to use c during surgery but stopped because it's addictive
 
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I really want to know how you discovered this!

One of the treatments for asthma many many years ago was... tobacco / cigarettes. For many of us it's actually a trigger

Unfortunately I have nothing exciting to confess.
One of those random pages popped up on my Facebook page. It was called Unbelievable facts or interesting facts or something like that.
Mona Lisa and the sloth were on the list.
 
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