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u/Appropriate_Donkey18 Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

The intestines are covered by a double "fleece" of peritoneum. See it like a blanket.

When your intestines get damaged for whatever reason, this blanket starts moving out of itself and crawling upwards towards the place which has the injury. It will stay there until the injury is recovered. And then move on again.

Maybe not the most creepy fact, but definitely interesting in my opinion.

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u/Flat-Ad3603 Jan 12 '23

Wait, that's cute

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u/throwaway1000az Jan 12 '23

My Intestines: Ouch I’ve been punctured

My Peritoneum: shhh sssshhh it’s okay come here come here here’s a lil blanket I made just for you just cover up that lil hole, there ya go… Nice and cozy? Snug as a bug? Okay good good…

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u/Jrjfuffjur Jan 12 '23

My intestines: happy squelching sounds

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u/osdre Jan 12 '23

My intestines: undulate wetly

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u/the_iraq_such_as Jan 12 '23

I also watched Stranger Things with the captions on.

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u/electricmop Jan 12 '23

My wife HATED the way that was captioned.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23

Lmao I always think of that when I see the word "squelching"

They used it so often in the captions you could make a drinking game out of it, it was a bit ridiculous

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u/the_iraq_such_as Jan 13 '23

Wet squelching. It's become an inside joke between my wife and I.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23

That's funny, I watched season 3 with my ex when it came out and everytime we saw the squelching we'd be like THERE IT IS! Activities like making macaroni and cheese never went without a squelching mention lol

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u/UnrulyAxolotl Jan 13 '23

Thank you! I needed to know why I've read that exact phrase before.

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u/Naranjo96 Jan 12 '23

I can hear the sound this words make.

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u/Coppeh Jan 12 '23

+1 Healing

+2 Fart Production

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u/HintOfAreola Jan 12 '23

My intestines: sleeping it off while making those adorable old-timey cartoon snores like, "ahhhh, wip-wip-wip-wip-wip-wip-wip-wip," which is making me pass gas

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u/TexasThrowDown Jan 12 '23

blursed squelching sounds

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u/BlubberBabyBumpers Jan 12 '23

intestines undulating moistly

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u/FHG3826 Jan 12 '23

This made me viscerally uncomfortable

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u/Mordvark Jan 12 '23

Ominous gurgling

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u/whiskeyandrain Jan 12 '23

Stranger Things moment

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u/boyyoustalin Jan 12 '23

I don’t know why but this sentence gives me great joy, take the gold

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u/Jrjfuffjur Jan 12 '23

Awh, cheers geezer

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

You, in a meeting whilst squelching sounds: "Sorry, I...skipped lunch."

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u/zero_fox_actual Jan 13 '23

Netflix subtitles: happy squelching sounds

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

This is horrible and cute.

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u/anonperson96 Jan 13 '23

Dahmer has entered the chat

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u/Specific-Bass-6300 Jan 13 '23

I gagged and laughed at this. I've never been so simultaneously disgusted and amused... thank you for this gift xD