#history funny

[zany-lil-detective]

I have nothing to offer but an unfinished US History final and a vision

[all-that-is-gold-is-now-gone]

The moral of the story is:

The Pazzi fucked around and found out

[flippityflaps]

Photos of people in the Victorian era goofing around

[thegaycousin-upgrade]

Reading about the people who signed the constitution is so funny bc it’s always like:

James Wilson:

Did you know James Wilson was awarded an honorary Masters degree in art!

Did you know James Wilson was a gambler?

And then it’s like fucking:

Benjamin Franklin:

Did you know Ben Franklin created swimming fins, the armonica, the lightning rod, and bifocals?

Did you know Ben Franklin killed a turkey with an electric shock as a party trick in 1749?

Did you know Ben Franklin made a new English alphabet with only 20 letters that never caught on?

Did you know Ben Franklin wanted the National bird of American to be the Turkey not the bald eagle because eagles had, AND I QUOTE, “bad moral character”?

Did you know Ben Franklin posted newspapers with misinformation that he knew was false just to mislead people?

Did you know that there is a common conspiracy theory that Ben Franklin killed Beethoven unintentionally?

Like… WHAT? HOW DID HE DO IT ALL!? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.

[rowen-draws]

US history is kind weird like

"The cowboy soldiers in cuba lead by teddy roosevelt" It kinda sounds like a fan fic

[ms-march]

New member of ye ol’ hit list hath been added

[aficionadoenthusiast]

y'all this is what happens when I try and work on a wip

That One Time Napoleon Was Attacked By Rabbits

While Napoleon Bonaparte was known for defeating many enemies, he was unable to defend himself against a pack of bunnies during a rabbit hun

[local-kneecap-dealer]

Okay, cursed history time!

So, diabetes is because the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin, or because cells do not have enough/properly functioning insulin receptors. Because of this, glucose (sugars) cannot enter the cells, and makes the blood really sugary.

Well, this excess glucose can be expelled from body through urine. Again- glucose is sugar, it makes things sweet.

Sometime around 1675, there was a method of diabetic testing introduced, in which MD's, testing their patients for diabetes, would sterilize their hands, take urine samples from said patients, dip a finger into the sample, and taste it to see if it was sweet.

MD's just dipped their fingers in your piss and tasted it. If it was sweet, congratulations, you're diabetic.

This was of course before people knew that diseases could be passed through bodily fluids.

This is also why diabetes is also referred to as diabetes mellitus. Mellitus is the Latin word for honey, so this acknowledged the sweetness of the urine, and the high glucose in the blood.