back to school

So, as you may have noticed, I haven't posted in a little over a month. And I'll be honest, I gave myself a summer vacation from posting, mostly because I didn't really learn shit. There were a few things I did learn, and I'll try to include them in this post if I can remember any of them. Now that I'm back in school and actually supposed to be learning things, I figured it was a good enough time to get back into the blog before I forget about it completely again. Without further ado, let's get started!
-Tomatoes grow bigger if exposed to more direct sunlight.

-As humans evolved to a more upright posture, our larynx dropped in our throats, creating a second higher cavity called the pharynx that gives us more vocal power through a wider range and clarity of sounds coming out of our vocal chords (in the larynx). This pharynx also makes it more likely for humans to choke on our food. Primates don't have the same vocal power we do, but they don't have to worry about choking.

-Humans are the only species capable of thinking or talking about language.

-When honeybees find a new source of nectar, they communicate its location to other bees by performing a complex dance routine. (round dance for nearby and tail-wagging dance, with variable tempo, for further away and how far). But it can only be about the most recent source, they are unable to communicate past or future sources.

-Bees don't have a "word" for up in their language, and cannot create a new one because their language has a fixed number of "words" that they can use.

-In the mid 1980s, a man named Terrence Deacon discovered a seal in the Boston Aquarium that was able to "speak"-or rather, imitate human sounds like "Hey! Hey you! Get outa there!".

-Charles Darwin believed that humans developed musical ability before speech as a means of "charming" each other.

-Written language started about 5,000 years ago.

-Human lips have more intricate muscle interlacing than other primates which makes them more flexible and easier for us to make p or b sounds.

-Human tongues are smaller, thicker and more muscular than those of other primates.

-Human babies and chimpanzees have the ability to drink and breathe at the same time.

-The clitoris never stops growing.

-The largest penis in the world is 9 inches flaccid, 13.5 erect, and belongs to a man in New York.

-The average speed of male ejaculation is 28mph.

-The scent of a man's sweat can reduce tension in women.

-Rosemary can increase memory.

-Rubbing the inside of a banana peel on a bug bite will stop the itch and speed up the healing process.