Three Smart Things About Boogers -
1 Boogers are good for you: One researcher argues that picking your nose and snacking on the haul is actually beneficial for the immune system. This is great news for the 91 percent of adults who admit to picking. An extensive study on nose-fingering revealed that members of all socioeconomic groups have very similar rhino-exploration habits.
2 Mining for nose-gold can turn into a pathological disorder. Rhinotillexomania (loosely, furious nose-picking) is the term used to describe obsessive-compulsive digging, and it can lead to medical issues like repeated nosebleeds, a decrease in good nasal bacteria, and in rare cases septum perforation.
3 King Tut had his own personal nose-picker. The young Egyptian pharaoh hired this royal assistant for the low, low price of three head of cattle and, naturally, food and lodging. It’s best to keep an imperial snout excavator well fed and rested.
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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/st_3st_boogers/
1 Boogers are good for you: One researcher argues that picking your nose and snacking on the haul is actually beneficial for the immune system. This is great news for the 91 percent of adults who admit to picking. An extensive study on nose-fingering revealed that members of all socioeconomic groups have very similar rhino-exploration habits.
2 Mining for nose-gold can turn into a pathological disorder. Rhinotillexomania (loosely, furious nose-picking) is the term used to describe obsessive-compulsive digging, and it can lead to medical issues like repeated nosebleeds, a decrease in good nasal bacteria, and in rare cases septum perforation.
3 King Tut had his own personal nose-picker. The young Egyptian pharaoh hired this royal assistant for the low, low price of three head of cattle and, naturally, food and lodging. It’s best to keep an imperial snout excavator well fed and rested.
Read more -
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/st_3st_boogers/
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