An Austrian scientist claims to have solved the mystery of belly button fluff.
Georg Steinhauser, a chemist, has discovered a type of body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and draws them into the navel.
Dr Steinhauser made his discovery after studying 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button in a three year study.
His observations showed that ’small pieces of fluff first form in the hair and then end up in the navel at the end of the day’.
“The hair’s scales act like a kind of barbed hooks,” he said.
Is it just possible that, given infinite time, all matter would wind up inside of our navels?
Thanks, K B
Sound theological questions.
Gee, and I have been saving dryer lint to make a shirt. I think I almost have enough after only 5 years!
Will it now become hygienic to shave our bellies?
Hmmm, the navel has a amazing storing potential… *trying to rub my mobile in*.
I figured this out seconds after I found some. And that was years after my IQ fell into two-digit land.
So this is the kind of research preferred over stem cell research?
I smell an Ignobel Prize.
I would have like to seen his propsal for the grant money…
I’m just wondering what the evoloutionary advantage that caused this to develop was.
My uncle used to be able to fit a twinkie in his belly button.
I always thought belly button lint was the lost souls of all my missing socks.
If not for the humble bellybutton then just imagine where all that lint would collect.
It’s not pretty.
Thank You,sweet navel!