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Uvula (9/29/10)

The uvula (the punching bag at the back of your mouth) comes from the Latin uvola, meaning “small bunch of grapes.”  It’s the diminutive form of uva (grape).  It does kind of look like a small bunch of grapes.  Or one grape.   Apparently, uvula piercings are starting to become a thing.  But the uvula is hard to pierce because of the gag reflex.

I think people should listen to their bodies.  When you gag, it’s your body saying:  

You freaking idiot.  Do not stick that needle into that uvula.  You are a stupid piece of trash.

…my body’s extremely cantankerous.

01:05 pm, BY smartestyear

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An apple a day keeps childbearing painful (9/14/10)

Although most translations of Genesis only refer to a “fruit,” generally people envision the downfall of humanity to be an apple (thanks a lot, Adam and Eve).  This association likely comes from a Latin play on words.  In Latin, malum is the word of “apple” and “evil.”  One source notes that the fruit probably wasn’t an apple because it is too hot in the Middle East (thus, the Garden of Eden) for apples to thrive. 

This source is probably looking too far into things…   Eve was just created from a rib.  A snake just talked.  I don’t think an apple growing in an atypical climate should really be that shocking.

05:15 pm, BY smartestyear

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Check out those melons (5/29/10)

Watermelon breeders cross a diploid plant (2 sets of chromosomes) with a tetraploid plant (4 sets of chromosomes) to get a triploid plant (3 sets).  This seed grows fruits that rarely develop seeds.   Enter the seedless watermelon!  I have seen some pretty raunchy videos of watermelons breeding.  It’s not for the faint of heart.

12:00 am, BY smartestyear


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