Some Historical Facts You Definitely Don't Know

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2 years ago

We are familiar with some random facts and some myths but how well do well know our historical history and how it plays important roles in todays generations..... Some of the history facts that I will be presenting may be quite familiar to some of us and if you are not familiar with the history, no problem also because this is a great opportunity to discover and learn some of it and I hope you enjoy reading this.

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When I discovered some of this history I was really amazed by it and it crossed my mind that it would be awesome to share it on this platform because it's educational and also important to know our history...

1. Henrietta Lacks saving millions of lives without her consent or knowledge

Obviously the name might sound weird for some people and this might be the first time some people might actually be seeing this awesome name β€œHENRIETTA LACKS".... So in 1951 Henrietta lacks has cervical cancer and so doctor take a biopsy and without any consent β€œGEORGE OTTO GEY" takes the cell from that biopsy and tried to replicate them.

During the process of trying to replicate them, he discovered that there was something special about those cells, on a norms when you take human cell out of the body they will eventually die and stop dividing but what was amazing about Henrietta cell was that, it was immortal and at that point in time, science have never seen anything like this before and that leads them to start farming those cells.

These cells were used in over 11,000 patents and those cells were instrumental in the invention of the polio vaccine, the HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE), which is used for the most common sexually transmitted disease. Her family didn't know about this incident until a freak accident in 1970's... Henrietta cells were remarkable and miraculous, but they also prompted us to consider serious issues such as race, permission, and profit in medical research... Like we don't have legal ownership of our cells, which I find totally strange.

2. Why Denmark Is One Of The Most Liberal Countries On Planet Earth

Today denmark is one of the most liberal countries on planet earth and at some point it was one of the most conservative and that all changed in a matter of 2 years because of DR. STRUENSEE. He his sort of the danish version of Rasputin, except that he his more impactful.... He was born into a middle class family in the 1700s, and despite his lack of wealth and revolutionary ideals, he was extraordinarily captivating and charming and everyone seemed to love him more and more, and he ascended up in the Danish social leader.

He eventually became the personal doctor of King Christian vii of Denmark, who was extremely mentally ill, and during his time there, he was able to alleviate the king's symptoms and they were really close, and I sometimes think it was too close because he started having sexual relations with the queen at a certain moment in time.... But where I'm heading to is that, the king trusted struensee so much that he would allow him to issue orders without his signature.

He issued almost 1000 reforms in just thirteen months which he spent with the king and during the thirteenth months duration he was able to accomplish all these; abolishing slavery, ending torture, and limiting capital penalty.... By today's standards, some of his beliefs were progressive..... In the end, he was executed, but his reforms were far more difficult to put down.

I hope you enjoyed reading it and learned some interesting historical information.

Thanks for taking your time to read this πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

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Na why I no study history, lol. It's nice to know them but to read is the problem.

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2 years ago

I actually don't read them, I just watch movies related to them... Reading is hard these days

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2 years ago

A lot of discoveries in the world were made by mistake, just like the doctor that discovered Henrietta's cells were immortal, he found that out while trying to replicate the cells

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2 years ago

It's funny though, but there are more discoveries that are by accident

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2 years ago

Wow, those are wonderful facts. Thank you for sharing. Henrietta Lacks soul might be rejoicing as she learned that she saved many.

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2 years ago

Definitely even though she wasn't aware.... I'm sure she was destined to change the world because here cells were different from others

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2 years ago

I hope there's something more historical information about you sir, it's nice to know different historical backgrounds of the world, it's more exciting to add other countries history since I knew that the readers will learn lots of things about it.

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2 years ago

It's really awesome to know different facts and that's why I listen, read and watch history, so I could come up with such article

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2 years ago

Struensee was genius! Such wonderful transformations in just two years! I thought Denmark has always been like that.

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2 years ago

Some country started worse and most of them became good just because someone changed everything

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2 years ago

Very educational and surely I didn't know one of them.

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2 years ago

Yeah... That was why I had to share it

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2 years ago

Sure didn't know any of these, but it was good to learn

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2 years ago

That's awesome at least you learnt something new

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