More useless trivia from PMSNBC

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When we wake up, why do we have crust in our eyes? - S.S.
“Eye crusts” are the leftover protein and fat from tears that have dried up. Tears have three components:
Salty water, which comes from the tear gland behind the upper outer corner of our eye.
Protein, secreted by the conjuctiva, which is the clear film that covers the eye.
And fat, which comes from ducts in the eyelids.
Tears do lots of jobs. They clean the eye. They fill in tiny imperfections in the surface of the cornea, which needs to be perfectly smooth for maximal vision. They also deliver nutrients to the cornea, which has to be clear to let light through to the iris, and therefore has no blood vessels to deliver a “food supply.” And of course tears flow at times of emotion, when the tear glands power up and produce more salt water.
At night, with our eyes closed and protected, we don’t display emotion, and with our eyes closed we don’t get dirt in our eyes. So we don’t make tears. Small amounts of the mixture already on the surface of the eye seep out, but without a fresh supply of liquid from the tear gland, the fat and protein dry up.
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Why does your breath smell so bad when you wake up? - S.B. and A.B.
This one ought to get you to brush before you go to bed. That smell is ... bacteria gas. Gross, but accurate. There are lots of bacteria in our mouth all the time, feeding on the tiny leftover bits of what we’ve eaten. Ever hear of plaque, the stuff all those toothpaste ads promise to get rid of? Plaque is nothing more than organized colonies of bacteria chowing down on food bits on your teeth.
When we’re awake, some plaque is removed when we chew, talk, drink, even when we breathe. But overnight, when those disturbances in the mouth stop, it’s party time for the bacterial colonies on your teeth, and they multiply like crazy. Their waste products are acids, which cause cavities, and gases, which cause that rude blast of morning breath.
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Why do we snore? - S.D.
To bug the person sleeping next to us, of course.

Actually, there are several causes of snoring. All of them have something to do with restriction of the upper airway.
Kids with swollen tonsils or adenoid glands snore.
People sleeping on their back snore because the tissues in the neck are pressing down on the windpipe.
Overweight people snore for pretty much the same reason, or because some of their fat is stored in tissues in the neck.
People with colds snore because they have swollen sinus tissues in their throat.
Drinking alcohol causes snoring by relaxing the muscles in the throat, which restricts the size of the airway.
We snore more as we age because of the loss of elasticity in neck tissues, which sag in on the windpipe.
People with misshapen jaws, larger-than-normal tongues, or on relaxant medications, all are more prone to snore.
So if you try to sleep next to an overweight elderly drunk with a misshapen jaw and a cold who’s taking muscle relaxants ... bring industrial-strength earplugs.
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Why does there have to be meaning?

We're here, we do our thing, we die, it's over.
 
God put us all here to fish.



It's true. Weren't most of the famous people in the Bible fishermen?
 
Hey, they had a directive from God himself to 'go forth and multiply'. You're gonna compare that to Nintendo?
 
Professur said:
Hey, they had a directive from God himself to 'go forth and multiply'.
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I think it's the idea of being "fourth" most modern americans don't like.... ;) :lol:
 
yeah, he should have said, go first and multiply, then hop in the excursion and drive two blocks to the all you eat buffet
 
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