Interesting discoveries

[FerdRanger]

A Finnish double-blind study found out that mixing forest microbiota into a daycare sandbox will improve the beneficial bacterial content and blood interleukin levels. Possible result of this (and further studies) is to reduce the occurrence of diabetes and allergies in city dwelling populations without frequent access to forest.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651322007400

somehow in the back of my mind I just KNEW that when my kids got hurt and I told them to rub some dirt on it, it was scientifically backed dad advice.

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[Big Blue]

We see those often around home. And yes, they show up overnight, usually in a ring with several mushrooms. We call them fairy rings.

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You do realize those "shrooms" are all part of one underground organism that is as big as the ring and keeps growing.

Another similar fun fact is that "quaking aspen" groves are all clones connected by their roots. All genetically identical. The largest know one is in Utah and is named Pando. It covers 108 acres and has over 40,000 stems/trunks. Just google "Pando"

 

[Trigganometry]

The world isn’t flat, the coyote will never win and never knew about the availability of a tailgate damper before coming here!

 

[got3fords]

We see those often around home. And yes, they show up overnight, usually in a ring with several mushrooms. We call them fairy rings.

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There must have been a tree growing there at one time. Shrooms are still feeding off the old roots.

 

[THLONE]

Anyone that says you need "x" is a salesman. Most of the time salesmen do not tell you the truth.

 

[wanted33]

New $12B Government study finds that "swallowing small amounts of saliva over long periods of time will cause death in human beings".

 

[MountainGoat]

Are you the type that always splashes water all over the bathroom counter when you wash your hands or face? And you never want to wipe it up because you use the same towel for your hands and face? Well here's an awesome lifehack. Use a sock from the hamper!

 

[FunInTheSun]

If you see a turtle sitting on a fencepost, someone put it there.

Unless it's a snapping turtle...

 

[Motorpsychology]

We call them fairy rings.

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I thought those only occurred in San Fransisco.

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