“Hard facts on a soft matter! … The hypothesis presented herein says that abdominal hair is mainly responsible for the accumulation of navel lint, which, 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. The most abundant individual mass of a piece of lint was found to be between 1.20 and 1.29 mg (n=503). However, due to several much larger pieces, the average mass was 1.82 mg in this three year study. When the abdominal hair is shaved, no more lint is collected. “
From the materials and methods: “The author first observed the accumulation of navel fluff in his early 20s. Despite thorough body hygiene including a daily morning shower, the navel filled with lint over the day. The author collected 503 pieces of navel fluff since approximately March 2005 with a total weight of almost 1 g… …In order to investigate the role of the abdominal hair, the author also shaved his belly for this study.”
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:51 am
How the H did this get published???
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:18 pm
You just need the "right" reviewers!
August 18th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Brillant! A great contribution to the human race.
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
u_U no article will surpass the relevance of the navel fluff. XDDd
I had to go to the library ( with pdfs nobody goes to libraries, accept it) and see by myself the Nature reference of the navel fluff. IT EXISTS! With no footnote! I'm amazed!