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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_5AJYBEYPws/what-is-snot-and-why-do-some.html
What is snot? And why do some people eat it?
The Stranger's "Ask Science" column offers a detailed explanation of just what, exactly, boogers are. It is simultaneously gross and mesmerizing: Mucus, chemically, is quite fascinating. Sugar chains are attached to a protein backbone in mucus cells, with the contraption released out into the open. These glycoprotein molecules rapidly and aggressively suck up water [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_5AJYBEYPws/what-is-snot-and-why-do-some.html
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