Friday, July 17, 2009

Fun Fact For The Day

In the 19th century, particularly on the frontier, ear wax was frequently used as lip balm.

4 comments:

Blaize said...

Ew. Earwax tastes gross. And don't ask me how I know.

Anonymous said...

I don't even want to know what they used for mosquito repellent...
best always,
Yaphet Kotto's lawn guy

Rocky said...

you mean, cerumen?

arlopop said...

I do indeed, Rocky. Did you know that people of asian descent have defferent earwax than others? Drier and flakier due to the fact that it is made up of only about 30% lipids as opposed to the 50% lipids found in caucasians and africans.

so there you go