Among all the motherly and parental advice, to wash behind your ears is but one. But is this an affectionate saying, an admonishment, or the result of some other cultural or religious notion? Or, is the phrase so pervasive because you should, in fact, wash behind your ears? Wash Behind Your Ears: Literal Meaning Many […]
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Why Does Chopping Onions Make You Cry?
Have you been caught crying over spilled milk? What about a chopped onion? We bet just by thinking about it, you can sense that pungent aroma as it wafts up your nostrils, just before the fumes reach your eyes. It is no secret that chopping onions can bring tears to your eyes, but the mystery […]
Why Does Burnt Hair Smell So Bad?
In an unfortunate turn of events, you reach over a candle and singe the hair on your arm. Or perhaps your curling iron starts to smoke as it burns a section of the hair on your head (as it did in the case of this young girl, whose hair trouble went viral on YouTube last year). Once […]
What is With That Wet Dog Smell?
Yes, we know. Your dog is the cutest, best dog in the world. But let’s get one fact straight. Your dog stinks when he’s wet. As in stinks-like-the-inside-of-an-old-shoe-covered-in-poo-stinks. Assuming that you do not suffer from anosmia (the fancy word for the inability to smell), you simply cannot refute that there is a distinct wet dog […]