A survey by Karl Kruszelnicki of the University of Sydney suggests that a mixture of clothing fibers and dead skin is “surfed” into the typical belly button by mid-weight happy trails. Mena Suvari and Britney Spears are spared this indignity, as were our Cro-Magnon ancestors. Why? Mena’s outie doesn’t collect it, Brit’s piercing blocks it, and Ogg’s thick body hair stopped fuzz migration.

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I have lots of body hair -- I mean LOTS -- but I still get belly button lint, which includes body hair...

contributed by Guest User on Jan 24 10:09am

It is the building block of all life, save it, you might need it later

contributed by Guest User on Jan 25 5:30am