# Belly Button Lint **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-lint/25590 "2000-07-14T19:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Cher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-lint/25590/1 "2000-07-14T19:35:51Z")
Why does lint go into your belly button? :wally ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosemite_Joy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-lint/25590/2 "2000-07-14T19:43:33Z")
For the same reason you have toe cheese! Lint from particles on clothes finds its way in there and kicks it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-lint/25590/3 "2000-07-14T19:45:16Z")
[ol] [li]Your clothes “erode” tiny bits of fabric from rubbing against your body[/li][li]Your belly button pools sweat (if it’s an innie)[/li][li]The fabric “dust” sticks to the sweaty parts of your body, not just belly button[/li][li]Small, concave shape of navel wads up all the fabric dust into a lint ball[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-lint/25590/4 "2000-07-14T19:54:57Z")
What **AWB** said, and Cecil too: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_080.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_080.html)