TIL Charles Darwin suggested that the appendix may have been used for digesting leaves but, over the course of evolution, has degraded into nothing. This theory is supported by koala and horse appendixes which do just that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiform_appendix



Submitted February 01, 2015 at 12:55AM by MarioLuigi9999 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2ubx21/til_charles_darwin_suggested_that_the_appendix/