▲ 33 ▼ Why we have two nostrils (www.popsci.com) submitted 11 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments TL:DR We alternate breathing between the two. Each nostril smells differently Two nostrils help us locate smells Two nostrils may give us an advantage against colds
[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago (5 children) Why not 3 then? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] wioum@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago You only get so many character creation points permalink fedilink source parent [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 16 points 11 months ago Gillette is about to launch a nose with five holes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) Because two does the job without wasting more energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago This is it. Why not three hands? Two dicks? The amount we have has proven enough. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 11 months ago Hm. Good question. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wioum@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago You only get so many character creation points permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 16 points 11 months ago Gillette is about to launch a nose with five holes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) Because two does the job without wasting more energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago This is it. Why not three hands? Two dicks? The amount we have has proven enough. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago This is it. Why not three hands? Two dicks? The amount we have has proven enough. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent