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a fleshy radio antenna that doubles as your secret gyroscope for not falling over
means the organ on each side of the head that lets you hear sound and helps you keep your balance.
from From Old English ēare, a steady survivor that runs all the way back to Proto-Germanic *auzon and the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ous-, meaning 'ear.' Its cousins are everywhere: Latin auris (giving us 'auricle' and 'auditory'), Greek ous, and German Ohr all sprouted from the same ancient root. The grain-bearing 'ear of corn' is a totally separate word — Old English ēar — that just happened to land on the same spelling.
- tiniest bones
- Houses the three smallest bones in your body
- balance HQ
- Inner ear controls equilibrium, not just sound
- self-cleaning
- Earwax migrates outward on a slow conveyor belt
- never sleeps
- Hearing stays active even while unconscious
- unique prints
- Ear shape is distinctive enough to identify you
van gogh's severed ear — cut off by himself in arles, france in 1888
captain cook's ear — severed by robert jenkins in 1731, sparked the war of jenkins' ear