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Why the Adam’s Apple is Called the Adam’s Apple (2016x186)

Fecha de emisión: Sept 08, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why Are People So Much Taller Today Than Historically? https://youtu.be/ML6dQzwi2nQ?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 Are Some People Really Born With Tails? https://youtu.be/dQMHd6IYQak?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: The origins of this term go all the way back to the Biblical event where Eve gave Adam a forbidden fruit, which is commonly misrepresented as an apple. The term then basically comes from the legend that when he ate of the “apple”, the piece got stuck in his throat and made a lump. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/07/why-the-adams-apple-is-called-the-adams-apple/ Sources: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Adam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx http://www.trivia-library.com/b/adam-and-eve-were-not-expelled-from-eden-for-eating-an-apple.htm http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/boy/adams_apple.html http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s-5-72-1031,00.html http://www.jasher.com/Adamsrib.htm