A Navel History of the World
About this book
Are bellybuttons sexy? There is a group of people in the world who have erotic fantasies about them. Other groups go into a religious trance looking into their navels, still others have panic attacks just thinking about them. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have one, we’ll explain why. Did you know that thousands of strange microbes live in your bellybutton? Scientists tell us why it attracts lint and there is an artist in Pennsylvania who makes tiny teddy bears out of bellybutton lint. Plastic surgeons make large sums of money sculpting perfectly shaped navels, and jewelers sell gold and diamond piercings to best display its beauty. Why are there geographical navels in Rome, Jerusalem, Greece, and Peru? And why do ancient statues in Mexico have magnetic bellybuttons? Did you know that navel cord blood could save your life? Or that you can make a yummy pâté out of ground up placenta – we’ll give you the recipe. This book will tell you everything you wanted to know about that little indentation in your stomach, and a few things you can’t even imagine.