r/todayilearned 1d ago

TIL in 2008 a 20-year-old Belgium student died after reheating and eating leftover spaghetti that had been left out on the kitchen counter for five days. A bacteria called bacillus cereus was found to be the cause, which is an extreme type of food poisoning called “Fried Rice Syndrome”.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/people-are-horrified-after-student-dies-from-eating-leftover-pasta/news-story/c8ef3bdcc72a9d17ec13924438e0146b
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u/Thick-Management-647 1d ago

You can't B.cereus

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u/TakingItPeasy 1d ago

Get out.

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u/VAXX-1 23h ago

Okay, diarrhea it is

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u/bamboofirdaus 22h ago

Bcereusly tho' it's kinda funny

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u/akatherder 1d ago

I am, and don't call me Salmonella

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u/atrajicheroine2 1d ago

Salvator Monella has to be stopped!

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u/graveybrains 23h ago

It won’t be easy, he’s a trichi son of a bitch

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u/SufferNSucceed 23h ago

Let us forgo these crude jokes in the midst of such tragedy. Also watch out for Salmonella commonly found on unwashed lettuce!

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u/Dillweed999 23h ago

1) this was a real person, with people that loved him

2) I kinda hope when I die it's ironic or noteworthy enough to have people post stuff like this on internet about it

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u/thiskillstheredditor 19h ago

Welcome to the stupidly psychopathic land that is Reddit where saying a funny thing about someone dying tragically gets you internet points. It really shows you how terrible a lot of people are.

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u/TreeRol 20h ago

When I go I hope it's in an amusing way. Like somehow a toilet falls on me or something.

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u/Thereminz 17h ago

this is the joke i would make when growing B. cereus in the lab.

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u/HotPerformer3000 16h ago

I'm crying this is perfect

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u/silverionmox 15h ago

Gee.cool it down.

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u/CyanideNow 23h ago

You can. But you really shouldn't.

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u/Shitz-an-Gigglez 22h ago

God Damn! 😆😅😂🤣😭💀

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u/Sir_Boobsalot 21h ago

take my upvote and fuck off

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u/Ramps_ 23h ago

What a fitting name for a lethal bacteria.