Who knows your nose?

 

One thing's for sure. We all have different noses. But we don't notice them. Here they are whenever we meet someone, they have a nose and we miss it - under our very nose so to speak.

Big noses, small noses, pointy ones, long ones and short ones too, round red ones and all sorts of noses; and we hardly notice them. We turn our nose at them.

Here are some facts about noses:

• It is estimated that approximately 20,000 litres of air pass through the average adult’s nose every single day.
• People with turned-up noses like Miss Piggy could drown when it rains.
• There are 14 different types of noses; yet everyone can be nosey if they want to.
• Studying medicine you can specialise in noses. A friend of mine is a specialist in nostrils - just the left one. Ask him anything about the right nostril and he's totally ignorant.
• Noses are essential otherwise your spectacles would fall off.
• The nose will continue to grow as you age. While it will reach its main shape by the time you are 19, it will still lengthen and droop downwards more noticeably as time goes on. If you live long enough you'll look like an elephant. 
• The nose and sinuses produce mucus to protect the lungs from bacteria, viruses, and certain particles in the air.
• The nose produces nearly one whole litre of mucus each day – which you then swallow!
• A dwarf I know has been thrown out of a nudist camp because he could not keep his nose out of peoples' private business.