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the body's only fluid that critics watch fall yet politely pretend not to
means the salty fluid your eyes produce, whether from crying, irritation, or chopping onions.
from From Old English 'tear' (earlier 'teagor'), a Germanic word with deep roots — cousins survive in Dutch 'traan' and German 'Zähre.' Linguists trace it back to a Proto-Indo-European source also thought to lie behind Latin 'lacrima' and Greek 'dakru,' suggesting humans have been naming the things that fall from their eyes for a very, very long time.
three typesbasal, reflex, and the dramatic emotional kind
chemical moodemotional tears contain stress hormones being flushed out
onion defensereflex tears fight off sulfur gas attacks
barely saltytears are saltier than blood plasma
human signatureno other animal cries from emotion