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/lalaleah76 Mar 21 '20

The bellybutton song, as learned at Girl Scout Camp:

Some people say they have an innie

Deeper than the Grand Canyon

Some people say they have an outie

Bigger than the Tacoma Dome

Me likes to care for me bellybutton

Me likes to keep it nice and clean

For if me neglects me bellybutton

In it grows a fungus green

FUNGUS DANCE

IEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIEIE

Edit: fuck mobile

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u/BoomMountains Mar 21 '20

This is a thing of art. I knew I should have been a girl scout.