Are you ready for another random mash-up of the shit going in my head forced to you ? Ok, let's start:
1. The Amazing Atheist Joins Steemit!
Maybe you have heard of him or maybe not. If not, he is a popular youtuber with over 1 million subscribers that first rose to prominence through his criticism on religion, although in the past years he is covering all kinds of topics like politics, crazy social justice warriors and feminists, debunking flat earthers and other shit.
Personally, I have been a huge fan of him in the past and it's great to have him here and on D.tube. I said "had been" cause he had to tone his shit down a lot in the past as google fucked him again and again in the ass by demonetizing his content and removing his videos for stupid reasons.
The AmazingAtheist (who changed his brand name recently to @tjkirk) is the second big youtuber, at least to my knowledge, that joins us in less than a month. Two weeks ago we also had @theneedledrop join us who also has over 1 million subs. And don't forget the other little guys, like@answerswithjoe (90k subscribers on youtube) and the @thegamechasers. Go check their content out and give them some love if you like what you see!
I wonder how long it will be till we get other HUGE names over here like pewdiepie and what kind of impact that would have! I think it won't be long though and I suggest you to hold on your steem boys as I am sure things gonna explode soon!
2. The Blue Cloud Forest Millipede
Well, I haven't posted a strange animal for a while, so I think it's about time to do so. So, what I have for you is a millipede I just heard about. Usually millipedes are boring as most of them look pretty much the same if we exclude size differences. But this one is a real eye-candy:
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Meet Pararhachistes potosinus, commonly known as the Blue Cloud Forest Millipede. The creature is endemic on Mexico and.... that's all I could find! Actually, after spending more than an hour searching about it in all kinds of places the only scientific publication I could find mentioning it was the one where it was first described ("Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103") and unfortunately I couldn't access it.
However, since it belongs to the Polydesmida order ( the largest order of millipedes) I think we can safely assume it produces hydrogen cyanide. Maybe that's also behind the reason behind the blue color, warning potential predators that this critter is not snack material (aposematism)!
Please leave a comment if you know or can find more info about this animal, or even better write a post about it. I promise I will give it some love and a resteem if you come up with good and properly referenced info! With not much else to say about it, I will leave you with one more cool photo and move to the next subject of today:
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3. The World's Worst Sneeze
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And here's one final news story that peaked my interest today. You may have heard how holding in a sneeze can cause all kinds of problems, like a ruptured ear drum. Well chances of something like that happening are pretty low but next time you are about to sneeze just let it out. You don't want to end up like this 34-year old guy from this new medical report who actually ruptured his pharynx!
According to the report, after holding a sneeze the patient presented to the emergency complaining about a popping sensation in his neck (crepitus), bilateral neck swelling and had trouble swallowing. After running a series of tests the diagnosis was made; perforation of the pharynx.
Fortunately, the case wasn't very serious and conservative treatment was more than enough. One week later he had started to improve and two months later he was fully treated. The report concludes that:
"Halting sneeze via blocking nostrils and mouth is a dangerous manoeuvre and should be avoided, as it may lead to numerous complications such as pneumomediastinum, perforation of tympanic membrane and even rupture of cerebral aneurysm. "
So, next time just let it go and don't be embarrassed about what other people might think or say.
I just wish I could find some similar research about farts to start a movement about how withholding farts is a serious health hazard and how we should just let them go with no social stigma XD
So that's all for today, see ya tomorrow!