# Why does my nose often run while I defectate?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-nose-often-run-while-i-defectate/492742
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 11, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-nose-often-run-while-i-defectate/492742 "2009-04-11T14:58:46Z")
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### Author: ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-nose-often-run-while-i-defectate/492742/15 "2022-06-29T00:34:17Z")

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Here’s another one of my own I answered but only 10 years later

> [@On average, how often does the current world's oldest person die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-average-how-often-does-the-current-worlds-oldest-person-die/213030):
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> In other words, how long on average does a person hold the title of world’s oldest person before they die? And to get the obvious joke about the awkward title out the way: “They only die once! Hyuk yuk yuk!”

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