Foul Facts


• It's "snot" what you think: Seventy out of 100 people admit to picking their nose. Three out of those 70 admit to eating their boogers.

• Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is so strong that it can "eat" stainless steel razor blades.

• Thomas Crapper was an Englishman who invented the shut-off for clean water entering the toilet tank in the 1800s. The word "crap" comes from Crapper.

• The large intestine is about 5 feet long.

• The bladder can comfortably hold about two cups of urine.

• Ear wax coats the inside of the ear canal to trap things like dirt, dust and bugs. People who live in big cities manufacture more ear wax.

• The average adults skin weighs about 7 pounds.

• The mouth is the most unsanitary part of the body. More than 100 million micro creatures live there at any one time.

• Feet sweat because there are about 250,000 pores on their soles that squirt a quarter cup of liquid each day.

10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Kiss Anyone Except Your Dog

1. More than 100,000,000 microscopic critters live in a human mouth.
2. Bacteria hang out there.
3. Fungus grows in the oral cavity.
4. Mouths have viruses that may cause disease.
5. The white blood cells from another person's spit will attack in your mouth. 6. Little leftover bits of food will go into your mouth.
7. Everyone's spit contains a little bit of urine from their glands.
8. Yellow teeth tartar is sickening.
9. Because the nose drips into the back of the mouth, you may get nose mucus mixed with a kiss.
10. Dog mouths contain many enzymes for fighting infections.
Stick to kissing your dog.





— From Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body