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adrienne
@adrienne
TIL the first pregnancy tests were TOADS πΈ βurine from the woman being tested was injected into animals such as this Xenopus toad. The toad reacted to hormones in the urine of pregnant women by laying eggs. Specialist hospital and university laboratories held thousands of toads for these tests, which were only available to women who needed to know if they were pregnant for medical reasons.β
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boscolo.eth
@boscolo.eth
Crazy! I want to know how the first humans figured this out?
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Je$$yFries πββοΈππ
@jessyjeanne
I just learnt something new π₯Ή
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@jenna
π adding to my collection of animals with specific bad luck around being useful to humans joining horseshoe crabs and spermwhales https://warpcast.com/jenna/0x2da75f2d
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Carla Monni
@cmon
I am fascinated and recovering by this at the same time! Thank you so much for sharing, very interesting!
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Kieran Daniels
@kdaniels.eth
Lmao wow TIL
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Specktacular Cast βοΈπΈπ΅
@specktacular
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βοΈπ³
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Nounish Prof ββ§-β§π©
@nounishprof
Oh I thought it was rabbits! Interesting
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Monteluna
@monteluna
Forbidden Beer
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Koolkheart
@koolkheart.eth
Wowow πππ
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baeshyπ©
@baeshy.eth
Toads were doctors
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