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    1. As adults, people often isolate themselves in a special room to brush their teeth in privacy. Even so, toothbrushing is a profoundly social act, relying on shared knowledge and observance of social norms for hygiene and health.

      Brushing our teeth is a very unique action that humans take for hygiene because not many, if any, other animals brush their teeth. But we heavily rely on it every day to keep us keep and use it in our routines.

    2. Summing up, when an element of human experience or behavior is learned and shared, we know it is an aspect of culture.

      In some way or another, we all share culture. There is a culture for how we act, eat, speak, walk, our manners, what we do doing our day-to-day lives, just about everything. One person is doing the same thing as you are right now somewhere in the world and you are both sharing that culture.

    3. Of course, a wink can mean different things in different societies.

      This reminded me of my great grandmother. She tends to joke and be silly often and when she does or even sometimes when shes not, she winks. About every time i see her, she is winking at me for something. I have never known anyone that does it as much as her and i believe it has to do with when she grew up because you dont see many people wink often today but in the 30s and 40s it was much more common

    4. houses were rectangular buildings made of stone and clay with tiled roofs. Inside, a waist-high dividing wall marked off one-third of the house. This marked-off section, set lower than the rest of the house and paved with flagstones, was the stable, where animals were kept at night. A farming people, the Kabyle kept oxen, cows, donkeys, and mules.

      It is interesting how there has been a change over time in the way we live and build out houses. Houses that would last decades used to be built out of clay and stones but now we have houses sometimes out of stone and brick but mostly wood and other various materials that are flimsier. Not to say houses aren't sturdy now but there is a change in the use in resources and materials as we've advanced in time.

    5. For some people, home is a large, angular structure made of wood or brick, fixed on a permanent foundation of concrete, and rigged with systems to provide running water, electricity, and temperature control.

      Home for some people sometimes isnt physical. It can be an object or a person. A home is supposed to bring us safety and comfort which is not always found inside a literal home.