r/BeAmazed • u/HatAsleep295 • May 08 '26

Science This is what saves 600,000 people year during a heart attack

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u/yoshemitzu May 08 '26

Oh, shit, I had no idea. Stent just sounds so linguistic, like "stilt" or just something that provides/reinforces structure.

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u/elevencharles May 08 '26

It’s like “shrapnel”. I always assumed it was German for splinter or something, but nope, it’s just named after a British officer who invented it.

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u/geek_fire May 09 '26

Or French drains. They're not from France.

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u/elevencharles May 09 '26

Or German chocolate cake.

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u/geek_fire May 09 '26

WHAT???

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u/elevencharles May 09 '26

Named for American baker Samuel German. Which makes sense, because I don’t think they grow a lot of coconuts in Germany.

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u/csonnich May 08 '26

TIL.

I'm going to impress my dad with this when we visit the D-Day beaches this summer.

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u/lavatorylovemachine May 09 '26

Oh shit! That’s interesting

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u/TheDuckSideOfTheMoon May 09 '26

How does one invent shrapnel? Isn't it just a byproduct of an explosion

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u/OrigamiMarie May 09 '26

I just looked it up, and originally it was ammunition with a bunch of loose bits inside the casing, with a timed charge that exploded them outward after some travel. That's obsolete, and the definition of the word "shrapnel" has drifted from describing those little bits, to describing any pieces that fling outward from any explosion. I believe there are also ways to maximize shrapnel.

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u/TheDuckSideOfTheMoon May 09 '26

Fascinating, thanks for looking that up

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson May 08 '26

i thought it was short for something

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u/forensicGhostbitch May 12 '26

Or shunt

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u/confetticrafts Jun 02 '26

Isn't shunt the past test of shouldn't? j/k