Know your nose
There's a TV show here in Sweden called "Fråga Anders och Måns" (Ask Anders and Måns). The two comedians who do the show (named, of course, Anders and Måns) take questions from viewers and try to find the answers with mostly silly antics that usually do lead to actual answers to the questions.
Anders and Måns are smart and goofy, a combination I obviously find very attractive since I chose a smart goofy guy myself.
A couple of weeks ago they responded to a question about noses or breathing or snot or something related to all of that.
And during their quest for information (most of it leading to pretty disgusting information about snot), I learned something that knocked my socks off.
Did you know that your nose is built so that only one nostril is really taking in air properly at a time? The two sides of your nose have a rhythm in which one side blocks up for awhile while the other side does all the work, then they transition over and switch roles. An endless cycle of nostril cooperation.
My whole entire life up to this point I thought I had something slightly wrong with my nasal anatomy. I thought that I was being cheated of the very air I craved because at all times only one of my nostrils was working properly. I thought you all were breathing full dual-nostril breaths of air while I was making do with my inadequate sinuses.
But holy cow, I'm normal!
How many of you already knew about this cycle thing before you read it here (or saw Anders and Måns on TV)? I'm very curious to know if this information is as much a revelation to my friends as it has been to me.
Anders and Måns are smart and goofy, a combination I obviously find very attractive since I chose a smart goofy guy myself.
A couple of weeks ago they responded to a question about noses or breathing or snot or something related to all of that.
And during their quest for information (most of it leading to pretty disgusting information about snot), I learned something that knocked my socks off.
Did you know that your nose is built so that only one nostril is really taking in air properly at a time? The two sides of your nose have a rhythm in which one side blocks up for awhile while the other side does all the work, then they transition over and switch roles. An endless cycle of nostril cooperation.
My whole entire life up to this point I thought I had something slightly wrong with my nasal anatomy. I thought that I was being cheated of the very air I craved because at all times only one of my nostrils was working properly. I thought you all were breathing full dual-nostril breaths of air while I was making do with my inadequate sinuses.
But holy cow, I'm normal!
How many of you already knew about this cycle thing before you read it here (or saw Anders and Måns on TV)? I'm very curious to know if this information is as much a revelation to my friends as it has been to me.