Why Can't You Tickle Yourself And Other Bodily Curiosities

by Johnson, Ingrid

• ISBN13: 9780446393959
• ISBN10: 0446393959
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

In the tradition of When Do Fish Sleep? comes an enlightening and endlessly amusing volume filled with little-known information about the body--such as fat people bruise more easily than thin people, fingernails grow three times faster than toenails, and other fascinating trivia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Backaches	p. 1
Blinking	p. 3
Blowing Your Nose	p. 4
Blushing	p. 6
Body Odor	p. 8
Bruising	p. 11
Burping	p. 12
Choking	p. 14
Coughing	p. 15
Crying	p. 17
Dandruff	p. 20
Daydreaming	p. 22
Defecating	p. 24
Dizziness	p. 27
Dreaming	p. 29
Ears Popping	p. 34
Farting	p. 35
Fingernail (and Toenail) Growth	p. 37
Flushing in Anger	p. 39
Frowning	p. 41
"Funny Bone"	p. 44
"Going to Sleep" in Hands and Feet	p. 45
Hair Growth	p. 47
Halitosis (Bad Breath)	p. 51
Headaches	p. 53
Heartburn	p. 56
Hiccoughing	p. 57
"Ice Cream" Headaches	p. 59
Itching	p. 60
Laughing	p. 61
Orgasm	p. 63
Pain	p. 65
Seeing Stars	p. 69
Shivering	p. 70
Sleeping	p. 73
Sleepwalking	p. 79
Smiling	p. 81
Sneezing	p. 84
Snoring	p. 87
Spitting	p. 90
Stomach Rumbling	p. 91
Sweating	p. 92
Sweaty Palms	p. 96
Tickling (Yourself)	p. 97
Trembling	p. 99
Urinating	p. 100
Vomiting	p. 102
Whispering	p. 104
Wrinkling	p. 105
Yawning	p. 106
Afterword	p. 108
Bibliography	p. 109
A Request for Letters	p. 111
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