Thread: Facts you learned in school today.

Lol, never knew that ^ .

I learned today, that there's extra vein's in your legs and you can take them out and implant them on your heart, if necessary.

Thanks.

Dissected a frog >:D

About how our taste receptors work.

I learned about 2012 and the Mayan Long Count Calendar.

I've been out of school for more than a week!

I learned today that your Appendix really does nothing.
It could of been left over when humans evolved.

Thanks.

That the biggest organism on Earth isnt a Blue whale, it is infact a giant fungus living underground in France. It's apparently miles long.
Gotta love Biology.

Originally Posted by Chebon

I learned today that your Appendix really does nothing.
It could of been left over when humans evolved.

Thanks.

Uh-huh. In Honors Biology, we finished out the year with Darwin and evolution. The appendix is a vestigial organ.

Also, snakes have vestigial femurs inside them.

Originally Posted by CrystalGlacia

Uh-huh. In Honors Biology, we finished out the year with Darwin and evolution. The appendix is a vestigial organ.

Hmm, I guess they don't mention that kind of material to grade 11's.
My mistake.

Learned today that the liver has over 500 different functions.

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My Geometry teacher's idea of movies is films on math's impact on the world, so guess who learned more than they ever want to about math?

I learned that I am no longer a 7th grader! TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY!!!!1!!!1

^ Good for you ^^

I learned about comic books and graphic novels today. Also started a story.

Learned today that rat's walk on their toes, not heels.
Learned that while dissecting one :(

Thanks.

Originally Posted by CrystalGlacia

Uh-huh. In Honors Biology, we finished out the year with Darwin and evolution. The appendix is a vestigial organ.

That's what they teach you in high school, which is predated information. If you plan on taking higher-level biology or immunology courses in university, you will learn that it has functions involved in immunity.