As an exercise in scientific navel-gazing, Georg Steinhauser’s experiment takes some beating. Starting in 2005, Steinhauser – then a chemist at the Vienna University of Technology – collected pieces ...

Karl Kruszelnicki of the University of Sydney surveyed more than 4,500 people and determined that “you’re more likely to have BBL [belly-button lint] if you’re male, older, hairy, and have an innie.” ...

Belly buttons are most people's first scars, which form when doctors cut their umbilical cord after birth. Most innies are full of dozens of kinds of bacteria, fungi, and lint - especially if they're ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Near the turn of this century, scientist Georg Steinhauser had a problem. He was fascinated by the question: Why do some belly buttons collect more lint than ...

What's inside your belly button? Probably dirt and sweat; possibly some lint, and perhaps even a piercing. But according to new research, which asked 66 men and women to swab their navels with a ...

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