They found out what your appendix is for (supposedly)

[Waus]

Check it out - it's for growing and maintaining healthy bacteria in your body. Apparently people can live fine without them now because we are in contact with so many other people that we repopulate without an organ for it.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21153898/

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Interesting read there.

[insertnamehere]

i too found this very interesting.


i just thought i'd let everyone know, since there's no discussion. fanks for the news

[Waus]

Hah - I don't know what there really is to say about it. I guess after hearing for years that it was useless and a remnant of evolution (which I guess it still kind of is) it was interesting to find out it did have a purpose.

Just thought I'd share. By the way, saw the link on digg.com

[GreenEarthAl]

Thanks for posting this.

[P of R]

Interesting. But it's kind of still useless then?

[Waus]

I guess it'd be useful if you got stranded on a desert island and got sick. Or maybe if you lived in a small tribe. I dunno. Seems like it's use is mostly just made up for by being around people.

[Yetra Flam]

i fucking hate appendixes

[vickista]

i didnt read it but i read your title, so if i say something stupid forgive me.

but i heard (although i never really thought about it) that your appendix is what digests grass and stuff, you know like when we were cave manish and we ate leaves and shit, but as we evolved we needed it less and less so we can take it out now.

sounds like a load of CRAP to me, but its what i heard

[Loppfessor]

Man I've been using mine to smuggle heroine in and out of the country...