2008-03-07

3 Things You Should Know about Spit

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1. Human saliva is 98% water.

2. Saliva breaks down starches.

3. Saliva stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system is thicker than that stimulated parasympathetically.

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6 comments:

  1. Th.3/07/2008 8:08 AM

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    Bonus: While sleeping, salivary flow drops to almost zero.

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  2. Celia Marie (W.) B.3/07/2008 9:40 AM

    Also, it does a decent job of getting blood stains to a minimum.

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  3. Th.3/07/2008 11:53 AM

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    And that information's actually useful!

    I also use it for chocolote, although no one ever actually recommended that to me.

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  4. Kengo Biddles3/07/2008 1:20 PM

    What a cornucopia of knowledge Th.! I'm edified for the day!

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  5. Mr.3/07/2008 3:08 PM

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    You're certainly welcome, Kengo. Always nice to see you around.

    Keep up the good spit!

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  6. Mr.3/07/2008 3:08 PM

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    Great. Now my secret identity is ruined.

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