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In 2012 the Japanese discovered that lachrymatory-factor synthase released by the onion makes a person tear. You don't cry in the strictest sense, the synthase make the eye produce tears to wash out of the eye.

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Onion ?

A vegetable that sometimes makes you cry


Why don't some people cry while chopping onions?

Because it is the strong potency coming from the onion that reacts with the eye.


Why is the guy in Al Capone Does your Shirts nicknamed onion?

Because he is an onion and makes people cry


Need ideas for drawing something that makes you cry?

You could draw an onion, they make you cry.


What food makes you cry?

Onion:When we cut onion 2 chemicals like sulfoxides and enzymes to form gas when this gas reach our eye it makes cry now usually to avoid crying we wash the onion then we see crying chemicals if we make next onion we will wear goggles to protect our eyes thus gas do not reach our eyes.


What part of a onion makes you cry?

All onions make you cry, because when you cut them, the enzymes inside combine to make a gas that wafts up from the onion. When the gas touches the water in your eyes, it forms sulfuric acid, which is what makes your eyes cry in order to wash the irritant away. You can avoid this by cutting the onion under water, or chilling it.


Will a frozen onion make people cry?

no it will not the air that makes people cry is frozen and will no longer burn your eyes.


How can I keep from crying when using an onion chopper?

To avoid crying while chopping an onion, you must first remove the bottom portion of the onion. This is where the roots come out and is the place that contains tear-inducing agents. You must remove it correctly or else you'll still cry.


What in the onion makes it have a strong taste?

Onions have a high acid content and this makes them strong in flavor and makes you cry when cutting them.


What is the quickest way to chop an onion?

By chopping it.


If you you take off my skin i cant cry but you cry who am i?

An onion. When you peel off an onion's skin, it may make you cry due to the release of its pungent aroma, but the onion itself cannot cry.


What won't cry but will make you cry if you remove its skin?

That would be an onion. Onions don't cry, but the people who peel them do.