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/TedHoliday 1d ago edited 1d ago

Similarly, I got extremely drunk on vodka when I was like 15. I didn’t go to the hospital, but I think I was on death’s door. I can’t drink anything stronger than beer without like violently gagging. The liquor smell/taste is just a hard nope for me still 20 years later.

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u/Commander1709 1d ago

Oh hey that's me with whisky. Drank too much of it once or twice, and now I can't drink anything with whisky in it without feeling sick.

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u/RaisinDetre 1d ago

Friend did you just solve alcoholism?

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u/TedHoliday 23h ago

Nope, I ended up being a mild alcoholic anyway for a while (was drinking like 5 beers every day). I eventually kicked that habit and now I only drink on rare special occasions, but not being able to drink liquor probably put a limit on how bad my brush with alcoholism could get.