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kobra , to til in TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

Ha, did you see that paramedic social media video too? I just learned about this yesterday from him.

Don_Dickle OP ,

Lol can you link it. Haven’t seen it I am just very big into wikipedia ever since I was put on welbutron

kobra ,

Haha what a coincidence! Here’s the video I saw: www.instagram.com/reel/C-Q0q1JSd0L/?igsh=ZTcwb296…

Thteven ,
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I thought of the same video when I saw this post haha, that guy’s stuff is gold.

someguy3 ,

Yup saw that a few days ago, YouTube shorts though.

CerineArkweaver ,

This guy is great. I found his YouTube channel earlier in the week via a friend a marathoned all the shorts

thanks_shakey_snake , to til in TIL there are three types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic. Psychic tears, produced when we're sad, contain leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that helps us feel better.

Important takeaway: Psychic tears are especially effective against Fighting and Poison types, but weak to Bug.

Snowpix ,
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And Dark types are completely immune unless you have Miracle Eyes.

FellowEnt , to til in TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

I should probably carry this, my heart likes to randomly decide 220bpm is a good idea every now and then.

StupidBrotherInLaw ,

If that’s true, go get checked out. Tachycardia is often easily treated but can be a serious issue if you ignore it.

FellowEnt ,

Yeah I’m lucky I guess that my particular condition is deemed not serious enough to warrant carrying medication. Just gotta live with it, thoroughly unpleasant when it happens though!

AstralPath ,

220bpm? That’s a solid blast beat tempo.

When I run my heart caps out at around 186. I can’t even imagine what 220 feels like.

ThePyroPython , to til in TIL there are three types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic. Psychic tears, produced when we're sad, contain leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that helps us feel better.

In before this becomes a new drug trend amongst the insanely rich.

sanguinepar ,
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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8ed594bd-9818-4e82-837d-b1d913b8000c.gif

downpunxx , to til in TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica wielding a geologist's hammer and shouting, "I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead". Pri

everybody's got a thing

Track_Shovel , to til in TIL that in 1972 a 33-year-old Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica wielding a geologist's hammer and shouting, "I am Jesus Christ—risen from the dead". Pri

Put some effort into your titles, my b’y. Sentence fragments are for the birds

logos , to til in TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

Isn’t that the stuff caffeine blocks that builds up in your brain over the day?

feedum_sneedson ,

Yes adenosine A2 receptor. Actually I just checked and apparently A1 and A2a.

PublicLewdness , to linux in What file systems are you using on your devices and why?
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I use BTRFS on my Artix system, Ext4 on my Librem 5, Ext4 on my Devuan laptop and Ext4 on my Pinebook Pro. Basically when given the choice in the installer I choose BTRFS but if the installer doesn’t let me pick I don’t care enough to manually partition. I have had no negative experiences with any file system luckily so I just roll with whatever.

Misanthrope , to til in TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.
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I found the video!!!

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Crashumbc ,

Ah the eighties! Most of these kids have never seen RotN… It’s pretty offensive so hasn’t been shown in decades.

rob_t_firefly ,
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And nothing of value was lost, except perhaps the musical backing track to that one rap song.

z00s , to til in TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.

According to Wiki, the modern javelin event has an “unlimited runup”. I, for one, would like to test that wording of the rules

originalucifer , to til in TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.
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the technique:

using the technique holding the end of the javelin. Officials were so afraid of the out of control nature of the technique that the practice was banned through these rule specifications.

SquirrelX ,

I’ve spent some time reading the Wikipedia article looking for the relevant part, I guess I was 10 mins early (didn’t get the chance to see your comment before that). Here’s the (probably) corresponding video, the first video result when searching for the freestyle javelin technique, in case it helps anyone: youtu.be/52rvqtiBoow?si=RiLjhJG2ttv-0s1W

originalucifer ,
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i was just curious about how many techniques could there be?! apparently lots!

sharp things really bother me, so watching that video was kinda painful

BackOnMyBS ,
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found another one that includes some history 🙂

youtu.be/UEc29dH1Tj4?si=VPm5JcP0LVTWzPWg

ThrowawayPermanente ,

Interesante, gracias

someguy3 ,

The back end or the front end?

originalucifer ,
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back.

it apparently requires some finesse like throwing an american football.. there is a spiral technique employed for accuracy.

imagine throwing a football by pushing its long end.

Blue_Morpho ,

Look at the videos posted above. They don’t hold it on the end like the OP claims. They hold it on the grip but spin and release like throwing a discus.

originalucifer ,
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the correct technique is what i mention above, holding it in the middle and spiraling it. like a football.

i mention throwing the football by its end as an example of why you lose all control of the stick using that technique, and hence, why its illegal.

expatriado , to til in TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.

iirc, they also moved the center of gravity so it couldn’t fly as far

ShinkanTrain ,

People are too fast these days, I vote for Olympic runners having to wear weights

yetAnotherUser ,

How about:

https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/9b817c10-3892-4d8a-bfca-0fbcda9b2cb0.jpeg

If they manage to become too fast again, we can maybe hold the event in a pool filled with 1m of water.

DannyBoy ,

I’d love to see water sprints of various depths.

cornshark ,

Excellent, I hear France already has one

considine ,

Ooh, pool depth diss!

Plopp ,

Instead of a parachute at the end of the line, hook them up to generators and let them power the lights in the cafeteria.

frezik ,

Javelin needs to be safe and stick within a reasonable field size to be an Olympic event. If runners were so fast they were tearing up the track and tossing debris into the audience, we would slow them down.

JASN_DE , (edited ) to til in TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.

To be fair: an athlete holding the spear by the end and hurling it… somewhere by accelerating it through rotating the body like a hammer thrower does sound slightly dangerous.

Also, the farthest throw was actually 104.8 meters.

AbouBenAdhem ,

But… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?

JASN_DE ,

True, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.

jonne ,

You were also supposed to be able to hit your target.

AbouBenAdhem ,

Yeah… but it might have been a good tactic for the really shitty javelin-throwers, so they could make up in range what they lacked in accuracy.

RamblingPanda ,

I’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.

StaticFalconar ,

Much like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.

Plopp ,

This is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.

roofuskit , to til in TIL that Eminem was offered the lead role in the film "Elysium" but reportedly turned it down, leading director to instead cast Matt Damon.

Bullet dodged. Neil Blokamp has made one good feature length film to date. And it seems it was almost by accident.

StrangeName ,

Gran Turismo was pretty ok as well. (Assuming you meant District 9)

Sir_Kevin ,
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My gf and I both fell asleep in the middle and never bothered finishing it.

acockworkorange ,

I liked Elysium. Not up there with District 9 but good.

taiyang , to til in TIL the Japanese words 青 (ao) and 青い (aoi) can refer to either blue or green depending on the situation.

Yeah, but not really. They have a word for green, midori, which is much more common. I think the aoi thing is more historical, but since Japan has has Western education for close to a decade (and yes, even before WW2 they sent people to US to copy methods), there’s no generation that grew up without green being green.

Anytime it’s used now it’s just a hold over from those older times, and to be fair English has it’s fair share of antiquated words and phrases.

jol ,

You see that in English in names of food like red cabbage and red onions.

watersnipje ,

Indeed, and red cats and red hair are orange.

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