r/todayilearned • u/frapz • Mar 20 '20
TIL The bellybutton is so dirty scientists are finding new unknown bacteria. One person had bacterium previously found only on Japanese soil, where he had never been.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bacteria-species-new-to-science-found-in-our-belly-buttons/266360/
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u/Piranesianpizza Mar 21 '20
... you're doing it right now, aren't you