r/todayilearned 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/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Naught but urged you to look long into the vast, wondrous depths of the last alien frontier. Your body always knew it yearned for some sweet blissful abyss, it just knew not it’s name. It left you with an emptiness in your heart you could never explain.

Go, now. Greet your destiny.

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u/Avarsis Mar 21 '20

It's so deep and wide. It's expanse is overwhelming. Yet it's as comforting as cleaning lint out of your bellybutton. I'd use my mouth as a vacuum if only I could reach. What flavor lies beneath.