Injuries
Likelihood of Paper Cuts
A recent article in the journal Physical Review E explores what kind of paper is most likely to give you paper cuts. The answer: dot-matrix paper. Followed by magazine pages.The likelihood of cutting has to do with the thickness of the paper. Too thin and the paper buckles instead of cutting. Too thick and it indents material rather than slicing it. There's a specific range in between too thick and too thin where the paper cuts.
For the purpose of their research, the authors created a "papermachete" which they used to cut apples, bananas, chicken, etc. (see image below).
The article itself ("Competition between slicing and buckling underlies the erratic nature of paper cuts") is behind a paywall, but you can find a copy on github. One of the authors posted a video on YouTube that explains their research and findings.
More info: phys.org
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 27, 2024 -
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Category: Injuries, Science, Experiments
Blindfolded Sewing
Do NOT try this at home!
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 02, 2024 -
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Category: Domestic, Injuries, 1950s
Family Reunion
Source (page 14).
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 19, 2020 -
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Category: Destruction, Family, Injuries, Synchronicity and Coincidence, 1940s
Life Lesson Learned
Jamie Bisceglia learned that if you catch an octopus while fishing, it’s not a good idea to put it on your face for the sake of a funny picture:"It had barreled its beak into my chin and then let go a little bit and did it again,” she explained.
“It was a really intense pain when it went inside and it just bled, dripping blood for a long time.”…
The painful experience has taught Bisceglia a lesson in handling live animals. "This was not a good idea. Hindsight looking back, I will never do it again," she said.
More info: CTV News
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 09, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Injuries
Man kicked in face by dead cow
Cows that attack have been a recurring theme on WU for quite a while (see here and here). Apparently, dead cows are just as dangerous as the living ones.In a statement, police said the cow was “killed according to regulations” early Thursday at an abattoir in Aalen, and hung from a meat hook for further processing.
Police said the carcass then kicked the man in the face, apparently due to a nerve impulse that experts say isn’t uncommon.
The 41-year-old worker was hospitalized.
Source
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 22, 2019 -
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Category: Injuries, Cows
Knocked out by brick tied to cow tail
One of the many hazards of working on a farm, back in the 1930s. Though I'm having a hard time imagining how a cow could actually lift a brick with its tail and then swing it with enough force to knock someone out.
The Daily Free Press (Carbondale, Illinois) - Jan 21, 1931
TOLEDO, Ore., Jan 18 — Jack Horsfall, Toledo high school student, decided to stop his cow's practice of switching her tail while he milked. He tied a brick to her tail. The cow switched her tail anyway, and the brick struck Horsfall behind the ear. He fell unconscious. When he had recovered he untied the brick.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 10, 2015 -
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Category: Injuries, Cows, 1930s
Kiss Of Death
Next up for Darwin Award near miss- guy who tried to kiss a cottonmouth snake on the lips. Yeah, he's from Florida.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 22, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Injuries, Really Bad Ideas, Screwups, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Ancient Remedy
Scientists recreated a thousand year old medicinal remedy to study its efficacy and got a big surprise. The mixture, which includes cow bile, garlic, leeks and wine, kills the antibiotic resistant staph infection MRSA.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 30, 2015 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Injuries, Disease
Natural Body Brace
Unnatural is more like it!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 07, 2014 -
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Category: Body, Injuries, Inventions, 1920s
Miss Curity Coloring Book
Click on each page to expand.
1) Yes, that's a fishhook in the lad's finger. How it was extracted before application of bandaid is not known.
2) Do NOT invite Miss Curity to your party--she's a jinx!
3) Why are they peeing into the lemonade?
Please color within the lines!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 27, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Comics, Injuries, Advertising, 1950s
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