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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 73 points 3 weeks ago

Surprisingly not in this thread: all the horrible things pregnancy can do.

[-] EgoNo4@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago

I'm fairly certain that if women would get a full disclaimer with all the nasty side effects a pregnancy comes with, they'd give it a second thought... On the other hand, some women insist on having a second baby... And then a third... And a fourth...

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

I was told all the things that could go wrong when I was a kid, and then my mother was all, why not have a kid, and I was just

"CAUSE IT'S A NIGHTMARE???" lol

[-] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 19 points 3 weeks ago

They literally have hormons to forget the worst of birth.

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes they don't get the really horrible effects, or at least not the first couple of times.

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[-] doctorspike@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Retrograde menstruation.

Because the feliciano tubes aren’t closed on the ends, where they interact with the ovaries, blood from a period can flow backwards into your abdominal cavity.

Additionally, a small amount of sperm (if a woman is sexually active and say trying for a baby) can also go the full way and leak into the abdominal cavity.

So some women can have blood and semen free floating in their abdominal cavity. Between organs

Edit: autocorrect got me. I meant “fallopian tubes”

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 25 points 3 weeks ago

Feliciano tubes, you say.... Felopian tubes, do you mean?

I find it a bit funny that your gross examples are semen. But also yeah. So sticky.

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[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 11 points 3 weeks ago

Whew. Can it cause issues ?

[-] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 23 points 3 weeks ago

It can! This is one of the possible causes of endometriosis.

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[-] falseWhite@lemmy.world 68 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Human face pores are home to tiny, microscopic mites called Demodex.

They are most active at night, when they leave their follicles to mate on the face and then return to find a new follicle.

Almost everyone has them. So there are tiny arachnids having sex on your face every night.

[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Would that mean that I'm not a virgin, having been in multiple orgies?

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[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So they skeet and yeet on your face.

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[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 59 points 3 weeks ago

You can develop a rectourinal fistula and end up pissing shit

[-] ieGod@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 weeks ago

Annnd thread closed.

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

This is the first comment on my post that actually makes me feel uncomfortable.

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[-] fargeol@lemmy.world 57 points 3 weeks ago

There's a type of cyst called dermoid cyst which can grow hair, nails or even teeth inside it.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

That sounds like an infinite money glitch. Sell the teeth and hair, rinse and repeat.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 18 points 3 weeks ago

Evil twin farming

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[-] Nomad@infosec.pub 51 points 3 weeks ago

Its possible to stick your tongue inside your nose from inside your mouth. I am among quite a few people that can do it and clean the inside of the nose from boogers.

How you ask? Here is the Wikipedia page about that, because if course there is one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khecar%C4%AB_mudr%C4%81

[-] irelephant@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

This is the worst thing I have read today.

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[-] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently if your tongue isn't long or flexible enough, the Wikipedia has suggestions, ranging from months of flexing and tongue exercises, to just fucking snipping your frenulum.

"It is possible" lmao, like yeah, it's also "possible" to put my dick in my butt if I cut my ass off and hold it in front of me XD

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

I'm at third stage! I've been hiding my tongue behind my uvula since I was a kid. My dentist hated it!

I never thought of it as stretching... I guess I have a new hobby!

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[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you feed a latex tube through the nose and out the mouth then pull it back and forth, it makes a squeaking sound

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 weeks ago
[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 30 points 3 weeks ago

That's not how you floss.

squeaky squeaky squeaky

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[-] joe_archer@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

There are more cells in your body that aren't you, than are.

The count of bacterial cells in your gut, on your skin etc is higher than the number of your own cells.

[-] Damarus@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

They aren't me genetically, but I still need them to live. So really I still feel that it's a part of me.

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[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've always found this interesting. Human beings (or any vertebrates I suppose) are really more of a colony than a single being. And it's not just a technicality, it's meaningful. Much of that colony interacts with your nervous system and affects your moods and behavior. You think you have total control of your mind, but you would think and act differently with a different balance of gut bacteria. Chew on that for a while...

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[-] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 36 points 3 weeks ago
[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

I'm squeezing like hell and it isn't working.

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[-] HelloDingo@slrpnk.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

Teeth, or rather where they meet your skull and jaw, are technically classified as a kind of joint!

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 weeks ago

Your gut biome is the only way you can digest leafy things. Without them most of it would just stay in there, or go right through you.

[-] Denjin@feddit.uk 24 points 3 weeks ago

Your gut biome is how you digest everything

[-] poddus@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think the point being made was that the enzyme used to break down cellulose is only made by bacteria, whereas the enzymes used to break down carbs, fats, and proteins are produced by the pancreas. Digestion is complicated though, teeth and stomach acid are also digesting in a way so it's all an oversimplification

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 21 points 3 weeks ago

I don't mind that, my gut biome can go ahead and digest food for me. It's free labor!

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[-] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 weeks ago

When fertile, women have significantly increased mucus volume in their vaginas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervix

Several hundred glands in the endocervix produce 20–60 mg of cervical mucus a day, increasing to 600 mg around the time of ovulation.

[-] WeirdyTrip 30 points 3 weeks ago

To anyone with a vagina, this is def not an unknown fact hahaha. And gross is debatable but to each their own

[-] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 16 points 3 weeks ago

To anyone with a long term partner that has a vagina it’s hardly news either.

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[-] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

The real gross fact is that cervical mucus, during ovulation, has the same consistency as egg whites and can be whipped.

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[-] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Of all of the cells in your body, less than 45% of them are human. The majority are microorganisms designed to work with your gross-ass self for similarly gross organic meat-bag processes.

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[-] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 weeks ago

Our noses have erectile tissue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_concha

Conchae are lined by pseudostratified columnar, ciliated respiratory epithelium with a thick, vascular, and erectile glandular tissue layer.

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[-] pocopene@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Newborn baby girls can experience a phenomenon called "false menses" or "mini-periods" due to a sudden drop in maternal estrogen after birth, causing slight vaginal bleeding or a blood-tinged discharge that typically lasts only a few days.

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[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago

A lot of poop is dead bacteria by volume.

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[-] Zapados@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Hej, I think its pretty cool how much slime we got producet in our bodies every day, like up to 1 liter! Me, personally, find it gross dat our noses produce that many bacteria, lol.

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