A Jet Airways flight has returned to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, after dozens of passengers complained of ear pain and nose bleeding due to a loss in cabin pressure.
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Most people point with their fingers — but cultures across the world point with their noses and lips too
Thomson Reuters When people want to draw attention to something, we instinctively extend an index finger. But pointing is not simply a matter of human nature. How we point is also a matter of culture. Other cultures have more conspicuous — and, to Western eyes, more colorful — conventions for pointing without the hands. Octopuses have […]
Illegal tender: British Cocaine users complain new £5 notes are hurting their noses
Published time: 14 May, 2017 04:01 Cocaine is a notoriously addictive party drug which is popular the world over in spite of the health risks involved in using it. Recently in the UK, however, users are complaining that new banknotes are damaging their noses like never before. A phenomenon known as getting ‘Winstoned’ (a portrait […]
Top ten facts about noses
1. “If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.” (Arabian proverb). 2. The King James Bible contains 14 references to nostrils and only 13 to noses. 3. According to a study in 2011 by Israeli chemical engineering professor Abraham Tamir, there are 14 shapes for a human nose. […]
