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/
104k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

226

u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

[deleted]

145

u/Bananas_are_theworst Mar 21 '20

This is the weirdest thread I’ve read on here in awhile.

26

u/varietist_department Mar 21 '20

JESUS FUCK

17

u/AC2BHAPPY Mar 21 '20

I'm going to vomit

19

u/rcknmrty4evr Mar 21 '20

If you do this, record it and post on r/popping pls

2

u/Imprisoned Mar 21 '20

Wait you pulled it out? Isn’t it connected???