Pins Needles facts
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The strawberry attached to a typical tomato pincusion is filled with abrasive emery, and used to sharpen pins and needles.
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Firefighters responding to the Chernobyl nuclear accident described their experiences of the radiation as "tasting like metal", and feeling a sensation similar to that of pins and needles all over their faces.
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why pins and needles in hands at night?
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Women used needle and thread to sew their hair in place before modern bobby pins and hair ties.
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Honey locust was known as "Confederate Pin Tree" during the Second World War because needle-like thorns served as pins for the uniforms.
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The medical term for the "pins and needles" sensation you feel when losing circulation is called Paresthesia and has a sub-type called Formication that is the medical term for the feeling of insects crawling under your skin.
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The pins and needles sensation some people feel in their groin when anxious is caused by the nervous system moving the reproductive organs to protect them.
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The "pins and needles" sensation you get when a body part falls asleep has a name- Paresthesia
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Most languages besides English reference ants when referring to the 'pins and needles' sensation.
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Deep brain stimulation, i.e. zapping the brain, can help manage the tics and outbursts associated with severe Tourette's syndrome. But there are some serious side-effects: "Over 35% of patients reported ... difficulty controlling speech muscles and persistent feelings of pins-and-needles."
