garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learnedEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that a 28 year old Russian man went to the doctor for coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors diagnosed it as cancer, but it turned out to be a fir tree growing inside his lungs.www.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a 28 year old Russian man went to the doctor for coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors diagnosed it as cancer, but it turned out to be a fir tree growing inside his lungs.www.telegraph.co.ukgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learnedEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIn Russian, the plural of the word for “fir-tree” and the plural past tense of “to eat” are homonyms: both are ели yeli. But even in Russia you are not supposed to breathe them.
In Russian, the plural of the word for “fir-tree” and the plural past tense of “to eat” are homonyms: both are ели yeli.
But even in Russia you are not supposed to breathe them.