USELESS BODY PARTS
AKA permanent maxillary third molars, these teeth can help you chew, but about 85% of us will need to get them removed
wisdom teeth
Imperial court official Tsai Lun produced the first rolls of this in China around 105 A.D.
paper
Though closest to the Earth in size, this planet's average surface temperature is 860 degrees Fahrenheit
Venus
A small stone, especially one made smooth by water
a pebble
Pedals,
seat,
a single wheel
unicycle
In animals, arrector pili muscles raise hairs, making them look larger; in humans, they only cause this "fowl" effect
goosebumps
Louis Daguerre got photography started & William Fox Talbot helped by making & printing photos using reverse images called these
negatives
If you're gonna try this activity AKA anastenaria, use cherry or maple embers so as not to burn your feet
walking on coals
A narrow band of inked material used in a typewriter
ribbon
Card reader slot,
hose,
nozzle
gas dispenser
This more common name for your coccyx tells you what useless body part it once belonged to
tailbone
In 1901 this physicist & inventor sent the first radio message across the Atlantic, from England to Canada
marconi
The steam is about 350 degrees during an eruption of this famously predictable geyser at Yellowstone National Park
old faithful
The circle around the words said by people in a cartoon
bubble
Cutter link,
guide bar,
kickback guard,
stop button
chainsaw
Not only do men have nipples, they also have these accompanying glands that serve no male purpose
mammary glands
In 1898 Maria Beasley patented a device for preventing trains from doing this
derailing
The hottest part of the flame of this lab device actually designed by Peter Desaga reaches 2,700 degrees
bunsen burner
Adjective to describe someone who thinks he's superior to others
snobbish
Chanter,
drones,
a tartan sack
bagpipe
We can't use it to detect pheromones like other animals, but we have a vestigial version of Jacobson's organ in this body part
nose
In a movie Greg Kinnear played Robert Kearns, who fought Detroit over this drizzly day innovation of his
intermittent windshield wipers
This synonym for scorching is in the name of a zone that's also called the tropics
Torrid
Someone who raises annoying petty objections to things
a quibbler
Shaft,
fletching,
nock
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