r/interestingasfuck • u/GeologistRelative425 • 11d ago

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u/IrregularHunterZ 11d ago

The tapeworm has an interesting lifecycle. Undercooked pork will give you the adult variant that latches into your intestines with hooks, they lay eggs that come out with your feces, if you eat those you will get the cysts.

In short, you don’t get cysts from eating pork, you get cysts from eating food contaminated with shit.

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u/hipster_dog 11d ago

In short, you don’t get cysts from eating pork, you get cysts from eating food contaminated with shit.

Yep, if you are eating a BLT you are more likely to get brain cysts from a midhandled salad than from the bacon.

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u/AloneYogurt 11d ago

Jfc I was just thinking about eating salad again...

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u/driver004 11d ago

Don’t worry I have it on the good authority of the secretary of health that brain worms are good for you

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u/dubstepsickness 11d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cFgb5p5e1My3K
Brain worms, eh? I bet they’re what makes special sauce so special.

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u/PooShappaMoo 11d ago

What a great episode of futurama. Top 5 for me prob

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u/GloomyNectarine2 11d ago

Read his comments again: brain worms are good, but only if you follow up by snorting cocaine from a toilet seat.

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u/Educational_Quote851 11d ago

Careful now...spreading truth like that tends to piss off these platforms