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« Reply #100 on: November 03, 2020, 05:38:08 PM »
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« Reply #101 on: January 09, 2021, 04:28:46 PM »
Teenager "Degloves" Penis And Inverts Scrotum In Bike Crash

A new medical case report tells the story of how a teenager “degloved” his penis and ripped open his scrotum after suffering a freak accident on his bicycle.

As reported in BMJ Case Reports, the 14-year-old boy was cycling one-handed at walking pace along pavement while holding a drink when he collided with a parked car. Somehow, the handlebars ended up impaling his groin.

He was rushed to A&E at John Radcliffe Hospital in the British city of Oxford, where doctors found a large gash extending across his groin, the pubic bone, and down into the perineum, a part of the body between the anus and the genitals. The injury also ripped and inverted his scrotum, and “partially degloved” the penis. For those blissfully unaware of what “degloving” means, it describes an injury when the skin is completely torn off the underlying tissue and its blood supply is severed.

The teenager’s injuries were so severe, doctors were able to see his corpus cavernosa (part of the penis’ sponge erecticle tissue) and tunica vaginalis (the membrane that covers the testicle).

Pediatric surgeons managed to close the wound successfully and no significant neurovascular damage was found. Remarkably, the teenager was discharged from the hospital the following day with a course of antibiotics. During a 4-week follow-up appointment, he reported having normal sensation in the area and experienced no problems peeing. It’s unclear whether the injury will affect his sexual function.

The moral of the story, according to the teenager’s doctors, is to put a plastic covering on the end of your bike handlebars. They cite a previous study that looked at over 800 bicycle injuries in children, 21 of which were caused by handlebars. Out of the 10 cases that resulted in life-threatening trauma to the lower abdomen, 10 of them were caused by handlebars that had no plastic covering on the ends.

As far as they can tell, the doctors believe this is the first known case of such an injury caused by bike handlebars, although the case report does note an incident with a 49-year-old man who suffered a similar penis injury after crashing a snowmobile. They also write that the majority of penile degloving injuries are the result of dog attacks, industrial machine accidents, and “sexual misadventure.”

"Handlebar injuries causing blunt abdominal trauma are well described in the literature; however, reports of impalement or degloving injuries are sparse," the study authors write. "It is relatively unique in the series of handlebar-related injuries in existing literature and serves to broaden our
experience of impalement injuries caused by bicycle handlebars."

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« Reply #102 on: January 09, 2021, 10:13:30 PM »
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« Reply #104 on: January 18, 2021, 12:04:50 AM »
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« Reply #105 on: January 26, 2021, 08:37:48 PM »
Swiss DJ found dead in lake attached to 90-pound weight


Police have identified a Swiss woman who was found dead Jan. 17 at the bottom of a lake with a 90-pound weight attached to her body.

Jasmin Probst, 31, was a DJ from the Basel area, Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten reported. Authorities are still investigating her cause of death.

Probst’s body was found in Lake Thun, about 15 miles south of Bern in western Switzerland, according to 20 Minuten.

Cops initially could not identify her body, so they shared a photo of her back tattoo, which included the name of Singaporean DJ Gayle San. San then shared the photo on her social media pages.

“I wish I could help the Swiss police and journalist who contacted me, but I don’t know anyone...who has this tattoo,” San wrote in a Jan. 20 Instagram post. “Nevertheless, it’s still very shocking to read about the news. I hope they will be able to identify the woman soon and solve the case, and I’m sending my deepest condolences to her family and friends.”

After San’s post, police received a tip and confirmed Probst’s identity.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/swiss-dj-found-dead-in-lake-attached-to-90-pound-weight/ar-BB1d7PPW?ocid=anaheim-ntp-feeds

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« Reply #113 on: March 17, 2021, 07:11:24 PM »
If you grew up in America, you've probably used Arabic numerals pretty much every day of your life in some way. Same if you're English, French, or from most other countries.

Even in China and Japan, where other numerals are used (零,Yī, 二, Čr, 三, for example), Arabic numerals are still regularly employed. Unless you're reading this in ancient Rome, you probably use them too.

Nevertheless, a survey conducted by poll company Civic Science has found that 56 percent of Americans would like Arabic numerals (which are the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9, used in every number right up until infinity) banned in schools. America, your prejudice is showing.

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/56-percent-of-americans-dont-think-we-should-teach-arabic-numerals-in-school/?fbclid=IwAR1T5qZzgbKW9zzolUuaAlmFQD-L3vkPBWwvR2FNa2e4NHeZHPWvLJqkQp8

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« Reply #119 on: April 17, 2021, 10:31:50 AM »
Andy Warhol computer artwork rescued from Amiga floppy disks

Previously unknown Andy Warhol artwork, made on a 1985 Commodore Amiga computer, was recently extracted from obsolete floppy disks.

The Andy Warhol Museum said in a statement released Thursday that a forgotten cove of computer graphic art made by the pop artist was found in the museum’s archive collection.

Artist Cory Arcangel initiated a search with the Carnegie Museum of Art and The Warhol Museum’s chief archivist, Matt Wrbican, to retrieve the lost artwork after he came across a YouTube clip of Warhol presenting at a Amiga 1000 computer launch event. At the time, Commodore International commissioned Warhol to “demonstrate the [Amiga 100’s] graphic arts capabilities.”

Warhol’s digital experiments include several doodles, a three-eyed Venus, a portrait of punk rock singer Debbie Harry and variations of classic Warhol fascinations — from the banana and Marilyn Monroe to a Campbell’s soup can.

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« Reply #124 on: June 19, 2021, 12:21:57 PM »
Cop Under Investigation After Video Shows Him Kicking Suspect in Head

A Sheriff's deputy in Southern California is under investigation due to a video of him winding up and kicking a suspect in the head AFTER the guy appeared to surrender.

Surveillance footage from a Toyota dealership in Victorville, CA captured Wednesday's violent interaction on camera ... you see the suspect roll out from under a parked car before he's confronted by a deputy with a flashlight, who appears to order the suspect on the ground.

The man complies, but then the cop takes a big step and unloads a couple kicks to the suspect's face.

Video shows the cop stand over the man for a few seconds before beginning to slap some handcuffs on him as another deputy arrives to assist.

The San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department tells TMZ the incident started with an attempted traffic stop of a motorcycle. Police say the driver led cops on a high-speed chase, and ditched his bike near the dealership before fleeing on foot. Cops say they found the suspect hiding in the dealership lot, and admit there was a "use of force" during the arrest.

The Sheriff says a review of the footage raised immediate concerns about the deputy's actions and he's on leave while under investigation.

https://www.tmz.com/2021/06/18/cop-under-investigation-kick-suspect-head-surrender-video-san-bernardino-sheriff-deputy/?fbclid=IwAR1bdl76w05eBtN_Vkp2Z4izBN0_lXkSqcqhhBC0pqV1jDHNejEPiY0uGdc