(complements of www.coolquiz.com):
Boogers are mucus (myoo-kuss). Mucus is the thin, slippery material that is found inside your nose. Many people call mucus snot. Your nose makes nearly a cupful of snot every day. Snot is produced by the mucous membranes in the nose, which it moistens and protects.
When you inhale air through your nose, it contains lots of tiny particles, like dust, dirt, germs, and pollen. If these particles made it all the way to the lungs, the lungs could get damaged and it would be difficult to breathe. Snot works by trapping the particles and keeping them in the nose.
After these particles get stuck inside the nose, the mucus surrounds them along with some of the tiny hairs inside the nose called cilia. The mucus dries around the particles. When the particles and dried-out mucus clump together, you’re left with a booger!
Boogers can be squishy and slimy or tough and crumbly. In fact, boogers are a sign that your nose is working properly.
okay, so the reason i am posting this is to give everyone a better understanding, if you didn’t know already, how boogers are made. i highlighted the area that pointed out “dust and dirt.” living out in the desert has forced me to spend a lot more time with my finger up my nose. and no, i don’t eat it afterward…i look for somewhere to stick it. just another piece of information i’m sure you could have done without.