Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?message-squaremessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down12
arrow-up1166arrow-down1message-squareWhat was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 month agoThe appendix is a vestigial organ that doesn’t actually do anything in humans. (It might still fit the definition of vestigial, but it’s far from useless and we keep learning more about how valuable gut health is.)
minus-squareKongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoMy appendix came damn close to killing me. I vote “not valuable”. :)
The appendix is a vestigial organ that doesn’t actually do anything in humans. (It might still fit the definition of vestigial, but it’s far from useless and we keep learning more about how valuable gut health is.)
My appendix came damn close to killing me. I vote “not valuable”. :)