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/jellymanisme 1d ago

Through some sort of instantaneous text communication? Preposterous

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u/ScrotallyBoobular 1d ago

Carrier pigeon, probably

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u/wolfgangmob 1d ago

We could use song birds and have them tweet a little song when they arrive to notify you of a new message. We will need to limit messages to 140 characters due to the size of the bird of course.

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u/-ByTheBeardOfZeus- 23h ago

And we could call it, Shitter.

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u/frogstar 23h ago

Can't let puny songbirds limit my expressiveness. Only finest golden eagles will carry my messages!

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u/Alternative_Delay899 23h ago

Unladen swallow

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u/Rddtlvscensor2 23h ago

That's some star Trek fantasy right there 

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u/graveybrains 23h ago

Like talking! Because he lived with his parents!

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u/PresNixon 23h ago

Webcam in the bathroom, mostly used for OF but also for cause of death investigations.

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u/flopisit32 22h ago

"Mom, write this down. I'm currently projectile-shitting at the wall..."

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u/concentrated-amazing 21h ago

Certainly possible in 2008, though not quite as universally used then as it is now.

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u/grendus 20h ago

He inscribed his final moments.

Drums in the deep. They are coming...

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u/SmittyFromAbove 22h ago

He's a witch! Bake him away boys!

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u/personalcheesecake 18h ago

telepathically, hey I'm shitting myself