Mystery solved!

March 5, 2009

Gentlemen, read up! Scientists have figured out where belly button lint comes from!

“Abdominal hair is mainly responsible for the accumulation of navel lint,” proclaims Steinhauser in the abstract to his paper, presented in the online version of the journal Medical Hypotheses. “Therefore, this is a typically male phenomenon. The abdominal hair collects fibers from cotton shirts and directs them into the navel where they are compacted to a felt-like matter.”

Read more about it here!

The more you know!

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