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emcee_pern t1_ja8n5oi wrote

Reply to comment by herbw in TIL - Modern mammals are unique among vertebrates for possessing three tiny bones in the middle ear, which are unique in that they are separated from the jaw, critical because it allows the separation of hearing and chewing, and also allows hearing of high-pitched noises. by byronhadleigh

You mean the things that help us maintain balance and equilibrium? Would make a lot of sense for them to be organized that way considering their function.

This article isn't referring to that part of ear anatomy however.

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Antknee2099 t1_ja8lsel wrote

Reply to TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt

Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir by Matthew Chapman is an excellent read on the subject. He's a great-great grandson of Charles Darwin. The book is one part historical recollection of the event and one part journey he makes to a more modern-day Dayton, TN.

My family is from Rhea County and many still live in the Dayton area. They still have a "Monkey Days" festival there every summer complete with parade. Lots of bananas. They celebrate it as a victory over evolution and evil.

Bryan College is there, and it's ridiculous. Named for William Bryan, it continues to churn out indoctrinated youth every year. The education you get from the place should be suspect to anyone who is not trying to be a preacher.

Of course not everyone in Dayton are bad; The town is just seriously depressed economically, socially, and intellectually. There are a dozen Daytons in every state, no matter how progressive and blue they are. It should remind us of our shared past, how much still needs to be done for the good of humanity, and just how difficult true ignorance can be to root out and repair.

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Thatparkjobin7A t1_ja8k8cf wrote

Reply to comment by CletusDSpuckler in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01

To Slurpees! And to Sgt. Pepper, who’s growing out of the middle of your back!

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AdClemson OP t1_ja8k5xk wrote

Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson

Everest is also far from being the fastest-growing mountain on our planet. The closest contender for the top spot is perhaps Nanga Parbat, a neighbour to Everest located in the Pakistani Himalayan range, which is 8,126m (26,660ft) tall and growing at 7mm (0.27in) per year. In 241,000 years it could overtake Everest to be the tallest mountain on Earth, provided rates of erosion don't change.

from the article

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sryii t1_ja8ipcl wrote

Reply to comment by ZootOfCastleAnthrax in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378

Ivermectin can inhibit some functions of integrins which are needed to bring viral sequences into the nucleus. We actually knew it could inhibit other viruses from infecting cells prior to COVID-19. So we gave it a shot and while it CAN do it in cell culture it doesn't work in a full organism, at least not in a safe dose.

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rosstedfordkendall t1_ja8i411 wrote

Reply to comment by no_step in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt

That was the big surprise for me when I learned about it more in depth. In grade school, it was presented as "religion vs. evolution." Then later in life I learned it was mostly staged (at least initially) and there was more nuance to it. The fact that the textbook also advocated eugenics was something that didn't get mentioned a lot.

Inherit the Wind portrays it more straightforward, but was using it as a metaphor for McCarthyism.

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herbw t1_ja8htmc wrote

Reply to TIL - Modern mammals are unique among vertebrates for possessing three tiny bones in the middle ear, which are unique in that they are separated from the jaw, critical because it allows the separation of hearing and chewing, and also allows hearing of high-pitched noises. by byronhadleigh

And most anatomists ignore that the semi-circ. canals in the inner ear are organized in 3-D just like the 3D dimensions, X, Y, Zee are in our universe.

Here's 3D images of the SC canals as evidence.

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/semicircular-canals

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sryii t1_ja8h95k wrote

Reply to comment by runningmurphy in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378

Why would you want to? I hate to break it to you but there are MANY creatures actively living in you and on you right now. It is just a part of being a large organism on planet Earth.

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