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When we suck our stomachs in, where does everything go? To look a bit thinner, we suck our stomachs in. The thing I don't get is where everything goes- does it move upwards or does everything get compressed?
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Why do tummies rumble? I notice that at random times my stomach rumbles unexpectedly... what is actually going on down there and why is it happening?
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Why don't bananas explode? At school we have been learning about metals reacting with acid. I had a look at the periodic table and I saw that pottasium (K) was an alkali metal. I also knew that bananas are an excellent source of pottasium. So why, when I eat a banana, does the hydrochloric acid in my stomach not react and make me explode? Felix, 11, Norwich
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Why it is that only some people suffer from 'asparagus wee', while others get away without so much as the hint of a whiff?
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