What does eye color depend on? What nations don't like to kiss? What are freckles? You will find answers to these and other questions in the book “ Interesting Facts about a person, or Everything that you did not know about yourself "! You will learn a lot of unusual things about your own body. You will understand why some people attract us, while others, on the contrary, repel us. And find out why a person needs a lie. Enjoy listening!
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Interesting nose facts
A person's nose grows all his life. This fact was confirmed by scientists from Switzerland, who examined 2,500 noses in different people... Studies have found that a 97-year-old man has about 0.8 cm longer than a 30-year-old. Now it becomes clear why in Russians folk tales long-liver Koschey the Immortal had such a long nose.
When we are calm, we breathe at a speed of 2.4 kilometers per hour, and when a person sneezes, the air speed in the nose increases to 170 kilometers per hour.
The left side of the nose has a higher sense of smell than the right side. This is explained by the fact that the septum between the two halves of the nose has a natural curvature, and in the vast majority of people it is curved to the right.
Newborns smell much more strongly than adults. But already in the first year of life, they lose their sense of smell by 50%.
The visible (outer) cartilaginous part of the nose is only 1/3 part, the tip of the iceberg. Underground passages and other interesting devices are inside. Outside, at the entrance to the nose, there are short, coarse hairs called vibrises. The mucous membrane of the nasal cavity is divided into olfactory and respiratory.
The olfactory zone is located at the top of the nasal cavity. Nerve cells located here recognize smells. Human beings have 12 million olfactory receptor cells, but their number decreases with age. In total, humans can pick up the shades of 10,000 odors. Smell, unlike the other four senses, is directly related to the brain and its memory center.
Respiratory part covered with ciliated epithelium with many cilia, which catch dust particles from the air trapped inside. The nose is a real biological protective filter. The hairs that dot the inside of our nose catch not only microbes, but also all kinds of dust.
A runny nose is the most common disease in the world. Each person suffers from rhinitis about once a year, in children this figure increases up to 8 times, and in people with low immunity - up to 15. In fact, a runny nose is an attempt of our nose to destroy harmful microbes with the help of mucus secreted by the nose. The air that enters the nostrils does not move directly, but is sucked in like in a whirlpool - vortex-like. This makes it possible to warm and moisturize it. Nature has tried to protect the delicate tissue of the lungs and prevent damage to it. This is why on a cold winter day it is better to breathe through your nose rather than your mouth.
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The given introductory fragment of the book Interesting Facts About a Person, or Everything You Didn't Know About Yourself (Kevin Levinson, 2013) provided by our book partner -
Interesting facts about the human noseYour sinuses are empty. If they were tight, your neck would be twice as thick to support the extra weight.
Only 3 out of 10 people can dilate their nostrils at will.
A rabbit's olfactory receptors cover an area equal to the skin surface of its entire body. Your olfactory receptors are only 4.8 square centimeters long.
For King George III of England, the nose played a big role. He believed that the sense of smell can get us into big trouble. He changed the law to include an article stating that if a man is seduced into marriage by his wife's spirits, he has good reasons for divorce.
Research shows that 25% of people who lose their sense of smell also lose sexual desire.
In Macau, near Hong Kong, public nose-picking is oddly encouraged.
Ordinary people can hold their breath for about 1 minute. The world record is 7.5 minutes.
Our two nostrils register odors differently: the left one gives them an accurate assessment, and the right one highlights the most pleasant ones.
A humped nose was considered Ancient rome sign of leadership.
In the 6th century AD, it was customary to congratulate people sneezing, since it was believed that in this way they expel evil from the body. During the great plague in Europe, the Pope issued a law that said that anyone who sneezed should say "God bless you."
Research suggests that familiar smells evoke old memories with greater activity than familiar sights or sounds. Knowing this, professional hypnotists seeking to restore the memories of their clients often use certain scents for this, such as the smell of powder, sawdust, resin, roses, and so on.
It is often said that women have better sense of smell than men. One theory argues that pregnancy causes women to be more selective in their food, which requires a developed sense of smell. The same goes for taste.
If you are blindfolded, in 95% of cases you will be able to guess the sex of a person by the mere smell of his breath. At the University of Pittsburgh, an experiment was conducted in which subjects had to determine the sex of a person by the smell of his exhalation through a tube. The answer was correct 19 times out of 20.
Smelling can be the sexiest of them all. Scientists from Vienna have found that women whose faces are considered attractive by men smell better than other representatives of their sex. It was defined as follows: a group of female volunteers slept in the same T-shirts for several nights, and then presented them to the researchers. The male subjects then selected the most pleasant-smelling T-shirts. The winners were those women whom the second group of men recognized as the most attractive. On the other hand, the researchers found that the more attractive a man's face appears, the worse it smells. According to Dr. Angie Rikowski, "This clearly shows a curious difference in dating strategy between men and women."
The first sense of smell (of the five senses) begins to deteriorate with age.
According to the pages of Stephen Juan's book The Strangeness of Our Body. Entertaining anatomy "
A person's nose grows all his life. This fact was confirmed by scientists from Switzerland, who examined 2,500 noses in different people. Studies have found that a 97-year-old man has about 0.8 cm longer than a 30-year-old. Now it becomes clear why in Russian folk tales the long-liver Koschey the Immortal had such a long nose.
When we are calm, we breathe at a speed of 2.4 kilometers per hour, and when a person sneezes, the air speed in the nose increases to 170 kilometers per hour.
The left side of the nose has a higher sense of smell than the right side. This is explained by the following. That the septum between the two halves of the nose has a natural curvature, and in the vast majority of people it is curved to the right.
Newborns smell much more strongly than adults. But already in the first year of life, they lose their sense of smell by 50%.
The visible (outer) cartilaginous part of the nose is only 1/3 part, the tip of the iceberg. Underground passages and other interesting devices are inside. Outside, at the entrance to the nose, there are short, coarse hairs called vibrises. The mucous membrane of the nasal cavity is divided into olfactory and respiratory.
The olfactory zone is located at the top of the nasal cavity. The nerve cells located here recognize smells. Human beings have 12 million olfactory receptor cells, but their number decreases with age. In general, humans can pick up the shades of 10,000 odors. Smell, unlike the other four senses, is directly related to the brain and its memory center.
The respiratory part is covered with ciliated epithelium with many cilia, which catch dust particles from the air trapped inside. The nose is a real biological protective filter. The hairs that dot the inside of our nose catch not only microbes, but also all kinds of dust.
A runny nose is the most common disease in the world. Each person suffers from rhinitis about once a year, in children this figure increases up to 8 times, and in people with low immunity - up to 15. In fact, a runny nose is an attempt of our nose to destroy harmful microbes with the help of mucus secreted by the nose. The air that enters the nostrils does not move directly, but is sucked in like in a whirlpool - vortex-like. This makes it possible to warm and moisturize it. Nature has tried to protect the delicate tissue of the lungs and prevent damage to it. This is why on a cold winter day it is better to breathe through your nose rather than your mouth.
The expression "stay with the nose" actually has nothing to do with the nose. It comes from the verb "to wear." This was the name of a bribe or a so-called "gift". If the official turned out to be honest or disdained a poor gift, then the petitioner was left with a “nose”, that is, with an unacceptable gift. But the expression "hack to death" came from another meaning of the word "nose" and did not mean a cruel reprisal against him, but a tablet that they carried with them and made memorable notches for accounting.
Once, at one of the dinner parties, the artist-sculptor Paul Van Hoeydonk and the astronaut David Scott, a future member of the Apollo 15 mission, met. This meeting became fateful. They decided to put a monument on the moon. The first in the World, not staged on Earth, is the Fallen Astronaut. The monument was dedicated to the memory of the fallen astronauts who stormed space.
1. In the nose, humans have 5 million olfactory cells, while the basset has 125 million, the fox terrier has 150 million, and german shepherd- 200 million: No wonder a dog's sense of smell is much sharper than a human.
2. Eskimos and Maori rub their noses when they meet in greeting.
3. With hormonal disorders, the nose of an adult (as, by the way, and ears) continues to grow - and by the age of 70 it can increase in length and width by more than 1 cm (compared to 30 years of age).
4. As soon as Pinocchio lies, his nose immediately becomes longer. Studies in the field of gestures show that this purely fabulous, seemingly, detail arose for a reason: when a person lies, he often scratches the tip of his nose, touches it or performs some other manipulation.
5. During mummification, the brain of the deceased was removed using a special metal hook through the nose.
6. One of the manifestations of dysmorphophobia ( mental disorder, which is expressed in excessive concern even with the most insignificant - often imaginary - defects in one's own appearance) - the "Cyrano de Bergerac complex", named after the famous literary hero with a large and ugly nose.
7. The cause of death of the legendary leader of the Huns Attila (he died in 453) is considered to be nosebleeds, which happened to him on the next wedding night. Attila had similar bleeding before, but it turned out to be especially profuse - and, moreover, it overtook him during sleep.
8. "Slang" brownnose "(lit. brown nose) - an analogue of our" sycophant ". It arose in the 30s of the last century among the American military, but over time it took root in the language of civilians.
9. During the day, a person's nose "pumps" more than 2000 liters of air, simultaneously cleansing, moisturizing, and cold weather also heating it up.
10. In parts of Africa, as well as in Hawaii, the Philippines and New Zealand, a musical instrument such as the nose flute is played.
11. A year ago, British coffee tester Dave Roberts insured his nose for two million pounds. Dave can distinguish the subtlest aromas of coffee and recognize in which part of the world the coffee beans are grown. Wine taster Ilya Gort had his nose insured for £ 7 million a few years earlier.
12. One of the main features of the American musician and comedian actor Jimmy Durante and one of the objects of his own jokes was the actor's big nose. It is not surprising that on the Walk of Fame near Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, where show business stars leave their hand and foot prints, Durante made an impression not only of his fingers, but also of his nose.
13. According to legend, Mozart once declared to Salieri (in "alternative versions" the names of other composers are indicated) that he wrote a piece for the clavier, which no one in the world could perform except himself. Having looked through the notes, Salieri said that Mozart himself would not be able to play it: his hands performed the most difficult passages (and on different ends keyboard), and then you still have to manage to hit a few notes in the middle of the keyboard! Mozart offered a bet - and performed the piece, hitting the right notes in the middle of the keyboard with his famous long nose!
A person's nose grows all his life. This fact was confirmed by scientists from Switzerland, who examined 2,500 noses in different people. Studies have found that a 97-year-old man has about 0.8 cm longer than a 30-year-old. Now it becomes clear why in Russian folk tales the long-liver Koschey the Immortal had such a long nose.
When we are calm, we breathe at a speed of 2.4 kilometers per hour, and when a person sneezes, the air speed in the nose increases to 170 kilometers per hour.
The left side of the nose has a higher sense of smell than the right side. This is explained by the following. That the septum between the two halves of the nose has a natural curvature, and in the vast majority of people it is curved to the right.
Newborns smell much more strongly than adults. But already in the first year of life, they lose their sense of smell by 50%.
The visible (outer) cartilaginous part of the nose is only 1/3 part, the tip of the iceberg. Underground passages and other interesting devices are inside. Outside, at the entrance to the nose, there are short, coarse hairs called vibrises. The mucous membrane of the nasal cavity is divided into olfactory and respiratory.
The olfactory zone is located at the top of the nasal cavity. The nerve cells located here recognize smells. Human beings have 12 million olfactory receptor cells, but their number decreases with age. In general, humans can pick up the shades of 10,000 odors. Smell, unlike the other four senses, is directly related to the brain and its memory center.
The respiratory part is covered with ciliated epithelium with many cilia, which catch dust particles from the air trapped inside. The nose is a real biological protective filter. The hairs that dot the inside of our nose catch not only microbes, but also all kinds of dust.
A runny nose is the most common disease in the world. Each person suffers from rhinitis about once a year, in children this figure increases up to 8 times, and in people with low immunity - up to 15. In fact, a runny nose is an attempt of our nose to destroy harmful microbes with the help of mucus secreted by the nose. The air that enters the nostrils does not move directly, but is sucked in like in a whirlpool - vortex-like. This makes it possible to warm and moisturize it. Nature has tried to protect the delicate tissue of the lungs and prevent damage to it. This is why on a cold winter day it is better to breathe through your nose rather than your mouth.
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