12.01.2008

useless knowledge #4

I just can't help myself!!!!! (Especially because this one is so relevant for this time of year!)

Your nose makes nearly a cupful of snot every day through the mucous membranes in the nose. When you inhale air, it contains lots of tiny particles like dust, dirt, germs, and pollen. If these particles made it to the lungs, the lungs could get damaged, and it would be difficult to breathe. Snot works by trapping these particles.

Yeah, I think mine makes a least 1.5 cups!!!

2 comments:

krista said...

Couldn't resist, could you? HA HA

Alicia said...

Yeah, I was just going to say, my nose has to be making double that right now! Very interesting...