Klavan, Andrew
(original encyclopedia-style entry)
Author, humorist, political commentator, and Daily Wire contributor.
YOUTUBE
-- The Fight is Not Hopeless ...
Klavan relates how conservative leaders changed some of his own life experiences around in this 4 minute clip.
See also: Ben Shapiro
Watermelon Challenge
-- 2 young people offscreen observe an unknown woman cracking a watermelon without equipment and without concussive or striking force. Whoever she is, she's got beautiful legs ...
I don't believe it uniform for all cases, nor even most, but, according to the following, it takes above 300 pounds of either weight or squeezing force to do to a watermelon what that lady did above:
https://funnyjunk.com/channel/4me/The+watermelon+challenge/YTjRLLG/
Knowles, Michael
Political commentator and humorist who works for the Daily Wire and has a friendly rivalry with friend and boss, Ben Shapiro.
Best known for publishing a book of blank pages which nonetheless sold thousands of copies.
-- Politicon 2018, where Cassandra Dillon tries to prank Ben Shapiro on Knowles' behalf.
-- Self-parody skit on his publishing work.
See also: Andrew Klavan, Ben Shapiro
Your nose is the main route for breathing
The nose and mouth can serve as the pathway of air entering and exiting the lungs. In normal breathing, the nose is the primary pathway. Even with aggressive exercise where mouth breathing becomes dominant, some air continues to pass through the nose. Despite the fact that the mouth is a bigger tube, people feel remarkably uncomfortable if their noses are plugged or congested.
This nasal breathing role is critical in newborns, who must breathe through their noses almost all the time. This is a unique feature related to the configuration of their throats that allow them to breathe and suckle at the same time without choking. This cannot happen in older children or adults who have to stop breathing to swallow.
Your nose protects you
High in the nose are a large number of nerve cells that detect odors. To smell, the air we breathe needs to be pulled high in the nose so that it can come in contact with these nerves. When we have a cold or allergies, it’s hard for the air to get to these receptors and so people notice a decreased ability to smell.
Smell plays a key role in taste. We have four primary tastes: bitter, sour, sweet and salty. All of the refinements in taste are in fact related to smell, so people feel that food is tasteless when their ability to smell is decreased.
The sense of smell is not only for pleasure; it is necessary for safety. We need our smell to detect smoke, spoiled food and some toxic gases. People who have lost their sense of smell need to have alarms for these gases and they have to be careful with what they eat.
Lastly, smell may be important in identification. Many people can identify those close to them by their smell, whether that’s through their characteristic lotion or perfume or their characteristic body odor.
Your nose helps you find a mate
It’s amazing how many of our body functions are directed toward sexual activity and reproduction. The nose plays a critical role in our perceptions of sex through the olfactory system. The sense of smell is a key component of how we identify people when we are close to them. The characteristic smell of a person’s perfume or cologne or the scent of their shampoo or soap may be important to sexual arousal. The smell of human perspiration has a direct effect on sexual receptors in the brain. Loss of smell correlates with decreased sexual drive.
Another interesting and widely debated area is the impact of pheromones, which are very important to reproduction in animals, as well as on human sexuality and stimulation. Particularly fascinating is a small accessory organ in the nose – the vomeronasal organ (VNO) – that is related to the olfactory system. Some refer to it as the sixth sense. The VNO is located at the base of the nasal septum or in the roof of the mouth and is present in almost all animals, including amphibians. Unlike in many animals like rodents and dogs where the VNO is important, the human VNO is largely vestigial, which means it’s non-functional or acts as an old remnant like the appendix. But some researchers believe that it still plays a role in pheromone and other chemical communication.
