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Emergency_Document_8 t1_jab0g75 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:13 AM

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

Interestingly these bones are derived from bones that form gill arches in fish. They got repurposed to form our ear in one of our earliest ancestors!

Emergency_Document_8 t1_iy5z7s1 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 12:15 AM

Reply to TIL the plant Oenanthe crocata was purportedly used in the ritual killing of criminals and the elderly in ancient Sardinia. Subjects were intoxicated with the herb and then dropped from a height or beaten to death. by saulbloodyenderby

... AND THE ELDERLY?

Emergency_Document_8 t1_iufydn8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:51 AM

Reply to TIL university of bologna in Italy is the world's oldest continuous operating university, founded in 1088. It was the first university in Europe and was founded as a school of law by four famous legal scholars by mankls3

Almost certainly a basilisk in the girls toilet