08:52 - 11:01
2m 9s
Beakmans explains that onions make you cry because of the chemical that gets into your nose. He then uses a schematic of a bathroom drainage system as a metaphor for how your nose, mouth and eyes are all connected. Lester sneezes when his nose was tickled and this causes his eyes to shut because the muscles are connected.
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