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Not a lot. :(
A sulfur-based gas is released when cutting onions. This gas mixes with the water-based liquid on your eyes to form a mild Sulfuric acid. That's why you cry.
A friend of mine says he uses swimming goggles when cutting onions. Sounds like a good theory to me, but I haven't tried it.
You are right about it giving off a sulfur-based gas and how it makes you cry, but it's a fact that if you chew gum while peeling an onion it will reduce tears. :~)
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30 percent of men cry while doing what?
peeling onions
How do you not cry while peeling oinions?
Try putting your onions in the refrigerator before peeling and chopping or just buy onions already chopped in the freezer section.
What will stop you crying while you are peeling onions?
By chewing gum when peeling onions, you can stop yourself from crying.
Will you not cry if you chew gum while cutting onions?
it is true that if you chew gum while cutting onions you will not cry
What percent of Americans made one million dollars?
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
How do onions cry?
they don't cry
When peeling onions do your eyes make sulphuric acid?
Yes
What percent of people cry when they cut onions?
i think near about 70% people are cry when they cut onions including me.
What would be the variables for a science project with the topic of which will not make you cry chewing gum while cutting onions or chilling the onion before cutting it?
chill the onions before cuttin it
Why don't some people cry while chopping onions?
Because it is the strong potency coming from the onion that reacts with the eye.
What enzyme is in onions that makes you cry?
allinases
Do you like onions?
no , I mean who in the world like onions they smell bad. They make me cry:( :( :( :( :(
