The reason old people always seem to have large ears and noses is because our ears and noses never stop growing

Did you know that  the reason old people always seem to have large ears and noses is because our ears and noses never stop growing.

 

Do you think you stopped growing at age 18? If that’s true, how come the older you get, the bigger your nose and ears seem to be? Ok, you might find some teenagers with large noses, but big ears are just not found on young people. Well, here’s the news flash: it turns out that scientists in Italy have confirmed – ears actually do grow as we age.

That’s right. Bones, stop growing after puberty and muscle and fat cells also stop dividing. But cartilage – that’s the plastic-like stuff in ears and noses – cartilage continues to grow until the day you die. Not only does cartilage grow, but the earlobes elongate from gravity. And that makes ears look even larger.

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The reason old people always seem to have large ears and noses is because our ears and noses never stop growing