Today I Learned (TIL)

6461 readers

2 users here now

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?

/c/til is a community for any true knowledge that you would like to share, regardless of topic or of source.

Share your knowledge and experience!

Rules

Information must be true
Follow site rules
No, you don't have to have literally learned the fact today
Posts must be about something you learned

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Kokomheart@lemmy.ca

JCSpark@lemmy.ca

121

TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins (www.smithsonianmag.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Blaze@discuss.online to c/til@lemmy.ca

26 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago (14 children)

I've just assumed, if you're willing to accept that the human fist evolved for punching, that the chin evolved for taking a punch.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 17 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Anyone who hasn't followed that link needs to do so now! It's got human cadaver arms manipulated with fishing line and guitar tuning knobs. It's got a link to an article titled "Your Face: Punching Bag or Spandrel?"

You can't possibly find a better way to spend 10 minutes!

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the images don't load without JavaScript, so...

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago

Oh that's not good. Obviously, I've chosen to allow js, but basic stuff should work without it.

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments (11 replies)