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Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t? - G. Richard Scott




Explore the prevailing scientific theory of why crooked teeth and impacted wisdom teeth are recent developments in human evolution.

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According to the fossil record, ancient humans usually had straight teeth, complete with wisdom teeth. In fact, the dental dilemmas that fuel the demand for braces and wisdom teeth extractions today appear to be recent developments. So, what happened? While it’s nearly impossible to know for sure, scientists have a hypothesis. G. Richard Scott shares the prevailing theory on crooked teeth.

Lesson by G. Richard Scott, directed by Igor Coric, Artrake Studio.

Comments:

1/ Can you do another video on how vision problems came up? I find it hard to believe that so many modern humans need glasses and contacts due to poor eyesight when our ancestors were hunter/gatherers who would have heavily relied on perfect vision.

1a/ Vox has a good video on why vision problems are so common now

1b/ "Heavily relied of perfect vision," and that's exactly it. My optometrist did a study on this, and the greatest jumps in the number of people with glasses are after wars. He theorizes that the reason people need glasses today, is because all the people with perfect vision were the hunters, and the warriors, so they died more often, leaving people with better vision behind to have a better chance at survival. This is also why we don't see as many animals with vision problems, because there is no process for protecting them or selectively sending out to be the ones hunting and fighting.

1c/ I think Vox did a video on that. But basically, our environment and behaviour affects our eye sight.

2/ cries in 2 years of braces

2a/ Just removed mine which ive worn for 4 years😂😂

3/ I have a pretty small lower jaw & my teeth are really big. Had extremely crooked teeth with a bad overbite & had to get my wisdom teeth removed. Wore braces for 3 years in my teens & now I’m almost 30 & my lower teeth have shifted to become crooked again. This makes so much sense & is very insightful!

4/ This video makes so much sense. I had a eureka moment after watching it. I think that eating CARROTS🥕during childhood could be effective at creating straight teeth.

My parents both had crooked teeth and bad bites during adolescents and required braces to get straight teeth. Meanwhile me and 4/5 of my siblings developed naturally straight teeth. One sibling developed crooked teeth with a severe overbite and he had to have braces. We all ate the same diet except the sibling that developed bad teeth. One food that he never ate was raw carrots which the rest of us had as a daily snack.

4a/ I ate a lot of carrots and apples and still had crooked teeth

5/ Dr. Weston Price was a dentist who studied the jaws and diets of indigenous populations around the world. He found that Indigenous people that grew up eating their natural diet had almost always perfect dental arches, jaw width, straight teeth and no tooth decay. He found that changes in the diet were able to drastically descrease this kind of dental health within even 1 generation ( the kids of these people). This means the kids started eating a western diet (flour, sugar, canned, processed, etc) and developed the same problems, we nowadays have. NOW: while there may be a relation between chewing hard foods and dental health, he found the key in havin perfect development to be nutrient density, which is present in the indigenous diet and absent in the western diet.
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Trump creates 'an environment of fear' to win over voters




Jonathan Capehart is joined by a political panel to discuss Trump's recent dangerous remarks against Jewish voters, Catholics, and migrants. Plus, how the former President uses incendiary language to pit marginalized groups against each other.

Comments:

1/ Beware of Dictator Don! Vote! 🇺🇸 💙💙💙

2/ Hitler used this same method of blaming!

3/ I agree this election is the most consequential election of our life times!!!
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Medicaid Sues to Take Dead People's Homes for Payment, Families Say

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/me...s-BB1kvDVi

Americans are left in shock as Medicaid attempts to claim their homes to cover the health costs of recently deceased family members.    

Many U.S. citizens were unaware of the controversial recovery process and have been sued without warning.  

Medicaid is a tax-funded federal and state insurance program that helps cover medical costs for the nation's poorest citizens.

However, most Americans are unaware of the fine print, which allows the federal government to repossess a family home to pay off medical bills should a loved one die.

The federal government requires that each U.S. state attempts to recover the cost of care from deceased patients through their assets.

While family homes are typically exempt from this, for deceased family members who were over 55 when they passed, Medicaid is entitled to sue for the home to cover costs.

Unfortunately for one Massachusetts resident, this became her reality when her father passed after a lengthy battle with cancer, per Fox News.

After Sandy LoGrande went through the traumatic experience of losing her father, she was billed over $177,000.

LoGrande could not afford to pay back the hefty Medicaid expenses, which led to the program threatening to sue to repossess her father's home.

"The home was everything," LoGrande told The New York Post.

Following her father's passing, LoGrande found herself in a long and tiring two-year legal battle with the state of Massachusetts.

Speaking on the situation, LoGrande states a few years before her father passed, she was advised by a nonprofit group to sign him up for Medicaid.

When LoGrande asked the group about the potential to lose their family home, she was assured this could only happen if her father were placed in a nursing home.

She said, "He never would have signed on with anything that would put his home in jeopardy" (via Fox News).

After two long years, the state reached a settlement with LoGrande, and the claim on their home was removed.

However, the unfortunate reality is that thousands of other Americans have lost their homes to cover Medicaid costs.

According to an investigation by the Dayton Daily News, states like New York and Ohio recovered over $100 million in Medicaid costs by repossessing the homes of thousands of deceased people.

In contrast, states like Arizona and Alaska have only attempted to claim homes a handful of times in recent years.

A Democratic lawmaker who cites the program as cruel argues it's time to end the ability of Medicaid to claim people to pay off medical bills.

During a speech in March, Jan Schakowsky argued that many Americans aren't even aware of the potential to lose their home if they cannot afford the Medicaid bills.

Speaking with The Associated Press, Schakowsky says the program is both cruel and inefficient.

"It is one of the most cruel, ineffective programs that we see," Schakowsky told the AP, via Fortune. "This is a program that doesn’t work for anybody."

The 1993 rule that requires states to use the deceased's assets, such as estates, to cover costs may become optional.

A report by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission recommended that Congress repeal the law and make it optional for states.
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When US Navy Most Feared Jets Miss Landing on US Aircraft Carriers




Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel for a discussion about what happens when the pilot misses landing on aircraft carriers and the role of the crew on the flight deck in such situations.

Comments:

1/ Thank you again for all your stories and your service 🤙

2/ Having spent 16 years in the navy, it's not the cat shots but the recoveries that always scared the hell out of me. One thing was drilled into my head, if you don't need to be on the flight deck, stay off it. Great video though.

3/ They spray foam not water. Water would carry any burning fuel (which floats on top) further around the deck which is asking for more trouble.

4/ My prayers are with all of our Navy Aircraft carriers and all branches of our Military for that matter!! My dad, is a Navy veteran (Vietnam Era), And I'll NEVER be able to thank our military men and women enough for their service to our COUNTRY!!

5/ I spent 1 week on a tiger cruise on the USS John Stennis. I was able to watch the aircraft takeoff and land from the tower. My daughter served on the tower and I was able to access her work station. It was the most exciting experience of my life. I stood in the rain for hours watching these aircraft. Thank you US Navy for allowing families access into the lives of our children who serve.

6/ i 've actually had the privilege to serve on submarines SSBN's and SSN's  and Been the Team Leader for ALRE (Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment ) at  ASO/ NAVICP Phila I can say without a doubt the Flight Deck on a Carrier is the Most Dangerous 4.5 acres on Gods earth.
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Got an electric shock





Comments:

1/ Moray eels don't give electric shocks, nor can an electric eel give shocks when it is dead! So much FAIL!!!!

2/ Eating that made him eel

3/ Komodo: oh, I don't feel so good.
(throws up an eel)
Komodo: ah, much better.
Komodo: ooh an eel.

4/ Thats moray eel not electric eel
Electric eel live in South America not Komodo Islands

5/ Had nothing to do with being shocked since its a morray eel and electric eels live nowhere near kamodo lands . Its a common/perfectly normal behavior of kamodos as well as other reptiles. They will regurgitate their meal for multiple reasons from being stressed ,disturbed ,or precieving a possible threat while eating or in the digestion process to be able to better defend itself. They will also spit up hard to digest whole meals or parts that are hard to breakdown like bone, or say tough/slimy skin. Though being scavengers they will still also regurgitate food with extremely poor taste or they determine may pose a possible health risks do to buildup of toxin/bacteria . Theres nothing odd about this behavior at all .
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Joy: Stormy Daniels could take down Trump — not stolen documents or Jan. 6




Donald Trump’s hush money trial involving a payment to Stormy Daniels is set to start on April 15. Could this be the trial that sees the former president convicted? Joy Reid and her panel discuss.

Comments:

1/ Michael Cohen went to prison for this. So should Trump

2/ Why does his attorney go to jail and not him?

2a/ He went to jail but got out early because of covid and then got put back in because he was writing a book about Trump, then got out when he appealed that.

3/ "Not spears, not swords, but the thorn in the paw that slayed the beast"

4/ 15 April is court date and Tax day... Remember to pay your taxes don....

5/ For the first time in modern history, the majority of people in the United States are seriously excited for April 15th!  🎉😁🥳🍾🥂

5a/ I wish the lord that joe would leave this man alone I have never Ever heard Any one having to go through as many court cases in law suits and trying to accuse him of everything that They makeup God bless president trump God bless America. Lord knows we need Lord

5b/ Trump brought it on himself.

5c/ "Joe" isn't the cause of Donald's problems. Donald is the cause of his own problems.  Lordy, why can't Donald leave We The People alone.

5d/ Joe didn't make Trump diddle this woman and then try to pay her off! Blame the guilty one.
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Taylor Swift JUST GOT THREATENED By Trump After HUMILIATION




Taylor Swift JUST GOT THREATENED By Trump After HUMILIATION

Trump never gets tired of claiming credit for things that he never did. A group of his supporters has spun an elaborate theory suggesting that Taylor Swift is secretly involved in a plot to boost Joe Biden's chances for reelection. According to them, Swift is part of a hidden government operation aimed at securing Biden’s victory, leading these supporters to attempt to tarnish her image.

But polls suggest that the hate towards Taylor Swift has backfired Trump. For starters, Taylor Swift isn't just any celebrity. She's one of America's sweethearts. A recent survey from Monmouth University highlights her massive appeal, showing that 75% of people who know her, like her. Even among Republicans, she has a notable number of admirers, with her favorable ratings exceeding the unfavorable ones.

Comments:

1/ Trump is a fool to go after her. She is kind and has followers who are fiercely loyal.

1a/ Trump is a fool, period.

2/ Let’s hope all of this doesn’t leave Taylor in any danger from a Republican nutcase.

3/ Real billionaire vs fake billionaire. No contest really go Taylor Swift.

3a/ Earns 13 millions a concert, donnie boy so Jealous.

4/ Taylor Swift represents everything that Trump is not.... beautiful, kind, sweet, talented, successful, generous.  A great role model for the youth of the 21st century.

5/ She’s a kind, caring and loving person. One word from her for Biden and her followers, fans will most definitely will follow suit! Do it Taylor!

6/ I never cared much for Taylor's music (consider the source; I'm 70 years old and I lived through a time when pop music was much better in my humble opinion), but she has earned my adoration for what she's doing politically. Her efforts just might turn the tables and save our country from becoming a dictatorship. You go, Taylor!

7/ You can’t even compare Swift & Trump. Like comparing an angel 👼 and the devil. 👿

8/ Trump's stupidity and arrogance has no limit. It's seems he never learns when he attacks Taylor Swift.

9/ Taylor Swift is more popular, more liked, and has lots more money then Trump. He will lose once more by bad mouthing her.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

10/ He is just a typical mob boss.
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Trump Aides Vow 'HOLY WAR' on Taylor Swift If She ENDORSES BIDEN AGAIN: Rising Reacts




Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to reporting on Trump's inner circle and their view on Taylor Swift regarding the 2024 presidential election. #TaylorSwift #DonaldTrump

Comments:

1/ WHO CARES ABOUT HER????
If anyone does, and votes the way she tells them to, then that's the problem.

1a/ You literally have t-shirts that tell you who to vote for and flags and stickers. Still trump lost majority vote twice lol

1b/ Trump cares

2/ Taylor Swift has the right to endorse anyone she chooses. Nobody with any sense is going to be against her for her choice.

2a/ Encouraging people to register to vote? She has never told anyone who to vote for. I encourage people to register to vote all the time. Everyone should. It’s our civic duty. Stop being big mad for your orange king.

2b/ The most she has ever done is post a picture with Biden Harris cookies in 2020. But I bet you are ok with Kid Rock endorsing Trump, you’re just mad cause Taylor is more popular than him. The party of double standards!

3/ Just because she is famous does not mean that she isn't allowed to be political or have an opinion. They are trying to silence her but instead they will end up forcing her to publicly take a stance. Its bizarre how the snowflakes melt down seeing a strong opinionated woman who doesn't share their exact worldview merely existing.

4/ Trump aides? 😂 I'm sure she is worried

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(Quora) A 70 year old lady staying at a hotel.

Posted by Emily Palmer:


A woman decided to give herself a big treat for her 70th birthday by staying overnight in a really nice hotel.. When she checked out the next morning, the desk clerk handed her a bill for $250.00.  She demanded to know why the charge was so high "I agree it's a nice hotel, but the rooms aren't worth $250..00 for just an overnight stay - I didn't even have breakfast!"  The clerk told her that $250.00 is the 'standard rate,' and breakfast had been included had she wanted it. 

She insisted on speaking to the Manager. The Manager appeared and, forewarned by the desk clerk, announced: "This hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference center which are available for use."  "But I didn't use them."  'Well, they are here, and you could have." He went on to explain that she could also have seen one of the in-hotel shows for which they were so famous. "We have the best entertainers from the world over performing here."  "But I didn't go to any of those shows.."  "Well, we have them, and you could have."  No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, she replied, "But I didn't use it!" and the Manager countered with his standard response. 

After several minutes discussion, and with the Manager still unmoved, she decided to pay, wrote a check and gave it to him. The Manager was surprised when he looked at the check.  "But Madam, this check is for only $50.00"  "That's correct I charged you $200.00 for sleeping with me."  "But I didn't!"  "Well, too bad, I was here, and you could have." 🤣🤣🤣
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(Quora) Do children of parents who were close to or over 40 when they were born wish they had younger parents?

Answered by Amy Zanatta:


My parents were 42 and 43 when I was born, making them older than most parents of children my age. Despite being the only child due to unsuccessful attempts at siblings, my upbringing was filled with love and care. While some mistook them for grandparents, it didn't affect me much as a child.

My dad, with his perpetually gray hair, remained active and playful, while my mom, though hindered by knee issues and surgeries, always made an effort to engage with me. Their age brought wisdom and life experience, enriching my upbringing with invaluable insights.

However, my concern was their longevity and whether they would be present to witness my children grow. Fortunately, they are still going strong and share a deep bond with my young ones, often assisting with their care. I cherish my parents deeply and couldn't imagine life without them. Though their age is a factor of concern, their love and support are irreplaceable.

So I guess the answer is yes and no as well. I wouldn’t change them as parents but I do wish they were younger to stick around longer.

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I pray for their continued health and presence in my life for many more years to come.
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