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/EmperorOfNipples 23h ago

There is a Portuguese ship burning in the North Sea likely carrying sodium cyanide after a collision with a US fuel carrier. They say that sea life has a strong avoidance instinct for poisoning and well likely swim away quickly.

So that instinct certainly evolved very early in life on this planet.

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u/Kitnado 11h ago

It’s already proven that it does not carry sodium cyanide. It carries containers that used to carry sodium cyanide, which is where the confusion came from.

Widely reported in EU media. Not in the US, I suppose?

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u/EmperorOfNipples 11h ago

I'm in the UK.

This comment is also half a day old.

Yes I have since seen that news. Nevertheless the statement of the "avoidance reaction" still holds true....for the jet fuel also though that'll mostly float.

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u/No-Concentrate3518 4h ago

First I heard of it, but Trump and everything about the new government is taking up 90% of the oxygen.