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Science Unlocks The Mystery Of Belly Button Lint

Posted by samzenpus on from the extreme-navel-gazing dept.

After three years of research, including examining 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button, Georg Steinhauser has discovered a type of body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and draws them into the navel. Dr Steinhauser's 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." Chemical analysis revealed the pieces of fluff were not just made up of cotton from clothing. Wrapped up in the lint were also flecks of dead skin, fat, sweat and dust. Unfortunately, further study has failed to yield a hair or fiber that would give Dr. Steinhauser the last three years of his life back.

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  1. Well, now I can sleep at night by dmmiller2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    A question that has been keeping me up nights my whole life.

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  2. Re:Stop the Presses! by siriuskase · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is one of those guys that was navel gazing back in the 60's and figured out how to get a PHD out of it.

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  3. Please listen to your readers. by Drakin020 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please Slashdot, keep this kind of stuff off the front page or at-least make it like a sub-post. (Those little mini-categories)

    Is this how you want a sophisticated site to look like when a new user views it?

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    1. Re:Please listen to your readers. by Taimat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sophisticated? You must be new here...

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  4. I have mod points by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have mod points,How do I mod bomb the article into oblivion?

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    1. Re:I have mod points by Hack'n'Slash · · Score: 5, Funny

      You can't, you already replied to it, indicating you have interest in the topic. :)

  5. Beat the rush? by secretplans · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I were a subscriber I could have seen this story early!

  6. ObJoke by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Skim the headline and move along ... two seconds.

    Post about it being a waste of time, twice ... two minutes.

    Thrill other slashdotters with the hypocrisy of it all .... priceless!

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