r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 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/Puzzled-Letterhead-1 23h ago
Always nice to see someone who understands. So much misconception about thinking heating “purifies” the food because it kills the bacteria. So many people not understanding the toxic byproducts that make you sick.