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Navel Gazing: 14 Surprising Things You Can Do With A Belly Button

If you've got a belly button, you've got options.

Navel Gazing: 14 Surprising Things You Can Do With A Belly Button

January 12, 2022

Everyone's got one, whether we like it or not. This strange little hole in the middle of our body. No, not that hole, the other one... the other other one. Your personal lint collector! Innie or outie, washed or dirty, pierced or bejewelled... whatever kind you've got, a belly button can sure come in handy. Here's some surprising things you can do with that sweet umbilical scar.

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON SELL THE LINT & GET FAMOUS AN AUSTRALIAN MAN COLLECTED THREE JARS OF LINT FROM HIS OWN BELLY BUTTON-AND SOLD THEM TO RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Не started collecting his lint in 1984 and was once Navel Fluff Na featured on 1994 - 2000 20 The Tonight Show. Money Pit — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON SHOW IT ON TELEVISION THE FIRST FEMALE BELLY BUTTON ON TV WAS IN A 1964 EPISODE OF DR. KILDARE Yvette Mimieux's character was a surfer who dies in the manly arms of Richard Chamberlain. Cute as a Button — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON DO SURGERIES INCISIONS FOR SOME MEDICAL PROCEDURES ARE MADE AT THE BELLY BUTTON. This includes breast augmen- tation surgery and gall bladder removal. It is done this way to minimize incisions and hide the scar. Button as a Cut — Source and Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON BAN IT FROM TV MARY ANN AND GINGER'S BELLY BUTTONS WERE BANNED FROM BEING SEEN ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. Actress Dawn Wells designed her own high-waisted shorts, while Tina Louise would just drape her arm over her belly. Censored Centers — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON DESIGN A NEW PASTA TORTELLINI IS KNOWN AS VENUS' BELLY BUTTON AS ITS SHAPE WAS INSPIRED BY THE GODDESS'S NAVEL. Legend has it that the sexy goddess once stayed at a tavern-the lecherous owner got a glimpse of her belly through a keyhole and was inspired to Saucy Dish create a pasta! — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON GET PAYBACK ACTRESS MARIETTE HARTLEY'S BELLY BUTTON WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE SHOWN IN A 1966 EPISODE OF STAR TREK. Double Dip Gene Roddenberry got payback in his show Genesis II, when he gave her character two belly buttons, and showed both! — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON MARK THE WORLD'S CENTER ANCIENT GREEKS PUT A SACRED STONE CALLED OMPHALÓS INTO THEIR TEMPLE AT DELPHI. Omphalós means navel and was intended to mark Delphi as the center of the world. Middle Earth — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON TELL YOUR FORTUNE OMPHALOMANCYIS THE ART OF READING YOUR FUTURE FROM THE SHAPE OF YOUR BELLY BUTTON. Divot Divination Like palm reading, the shape of the belly button is said to predict your life path. A horizontal navel indicates high emotions and a shorter life. A round navel means a quiet personality and a long life. — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON GAIN ENLIGHTENMENT OMPHALOSKEPSIS IS THE CONTEMPLATION OF ONE'S NAVEL WHILE MEDITATING. Navel-gazing as an aid to deep thoughts is found in some practices of Hinduism and in the East- ern Orthodox Church. Peep Holes — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON MAKE ART & GET BURNS RACHEL CASE WAS AN ARTIST SELLING BEARS SHE MADE FROM HER OWN BELLY BUTTON LINT. Belly Ache One day Case stopped making the bears, and told fans she had developed incurable chemical burns on her fingers from the lint! — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON DISCOVER NEW BACTERIA A STUDY ANALYZED 60 BELLY BUTTONS AND FOUND OVER 2300 SPECIES OF BACTERIA. 1458 OF THEM WERE UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE. The average belly button had 67 kinds of bacteria, with 8 kinds appearing regularly in most people. Inside Scoop — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON PLEASE YOUR PARTNER? ACCORDING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE, PUTTING A FINGER INTO A MAN'S BELLY BUTTON CAN BE A HARDCORE TURN ON. Let's do it in the button! B-Spot? They also recommend rubbing a woman's G-spot while pressing your thumb into her belly button. — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON DEBATE RELIGION THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ADAM AND EVE HAD BELLY BUTTONS HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS DISPUTES. Tummy Troubles Michaelangelo painted them with navels on the Sistine Chapel, causing great controversy. Most medieval artists hid their stomachs with leaves to be safe. — Source

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THINGS YOU CAN DO CRACKED.COM WITH A BELLY BUTTON CREATE THE GOD WHO CREATES THE UNIVERSE Many Hindus believe that the Supreme Diety Vishnu had a lotus flower grow out of his belly button. The Ultimate Outie Inside the flower was the God Brahma, who emerged and created the universe. — Source

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