Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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When you bite into an apple, the flesh deforms, and at a certain moment the cell walls burst. And there is your crunch. (Ditto crispy snack foods, but here the bubbles are filled with air.)
William Floyd
I've always wondered about this....
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Its full medical name, and my pen name should I ever branch out and write romance novels, is palatine uvula.
William Floyd
Hilarious! I love this lady's writing.
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The forestomach of a killer whale, a far smaller creature, has been measured, unstretched, at five feet by seven feet—about as big as a room in a Tokyo capsule hotel, with a similar dearth of amenities.
William Floyd
Oh snap ;-P