Monday, 16 March 2009
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Scientist Solves the Great Mystery of Belly-Button Fluff!
"Austrian chemist Georg Steinhauser spent three years navel gazing in a bid to discover why the mysterious fuzz collects there. Dr Steinhauser, of Vienna University of Technology, established how the fuzz is guided navelwards - claiming that abdominal hair with a scaly structure directs lint towards it. By chemically analyzing 503 pieces of navel fluff, he found dead skin, fat, sweat and dust mixed with cotton from clothing."
"The former leading belly-button lint (there's a FORMER one?!?) expert Karl Kruszelnicki found the typical fluff producer was "a slightly overweight, middle-aged male with a hairy abdomen.”
I'm ecstatic Dr. Steinhauser was finally able to kick the nostril gazing he had been accustomed too for so many years. He has answered a question that has bothered me since infancy. Tonight I can sleep!
Did you ever wonder about the mysterious belly button fluff?
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Comments (10)
Umm...no! But that was good for a laugh.
I always figured it was something like that, I mean really.. that's a very obvious thing. It's humorous that they went to so much trouble to discover something like that.
Haha this gave me a laugh. My boyfriend gets belly-button lint. It's gross.
I just had to XD
LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!
My lil sister asked me if I ever got "stinky belly button". YUCK!
So glad that I can tell her about this study! She's 6 and will giggle too.
Hope
Uhm.... wow.
I don't really see how this is any new information...?
Belly button lint is essentially toe jam, just in a different location...
LOL! You have to wonder who funds such research!
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - My thoughts exactly!! ...along with how much does this genius make? And tell me again how much SAHMs make? Now tell me where the justice is in the world... Geez...
ROFL..NO. I only ponder how to get it out.