What are some gross or disgusting facts about the human body that people aren't aware of?

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

They literally have hormons to forget the worst of birth.

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

Obligatory video: https://youtu.be/uMcIUmfTZS4

Tbh: I know people who have incredibly easy pregnancies, deliveries and then habe a child that hardly bothers anyone. And then others....not so much.

And hormones are mighty in what they do to a brain.

"In" feels like the wrong preposition here, since the creatures involved are all on the same side of you. Next to? It's more like you're a room or two away from an orgy and the sound doesn't really carry.

They don’t poop from what I recall.

But they don’t go anywhere when they die so you are covered with poop balloon corpses.

It's not an illness. In most cases they are completely harmless and unavoidable, you get them from your mom as a baby and carry them your whole life. Most people have them. A minority of people can have some skin condition due to them, but it's quite rare. And yes dogs carry them too, but not an issue for them either.

It's always Christmas with some ovaries.

To avoid stickyness what you want to do is, since it's a protein, freeze dry it with liquid nitrogen as soon as it exits the urethra and viola! no more sticky.

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

Blood in the abdominal cavity is extremely painful. That alone is an issue, yes.

You can end up with a baby developing where it shouldn't if I remember currently in extremely rare cases

Don't humans start out with them before they then later develop into the anus and genitals if I'm remembering my random Internet rabbit hole searches correctly

Yeah. And it's a huge problem in the developing world.

A gynaecologist I used to work with from time to time dedicated her whole retirement to it - she operated hundred of cases per year until she physically could not do it anymore,then she spent another two years teaching in various places until she could no longer do that anymore as well. (By then she was well into her 80ies). She was a saint basically, but without the whole Christian stuff (she had a massive hatred for the church and especially mother Theresa)

Evil twin farming

Enough to be gross, too little to be profitable. Wonder what kind of teeth it grows, maybe you could use them as spares.

Exploiting the generosity of the tooth fairy beyond normal limits.

All that but we can’t grow new teeth in our mouths. What’s up with that, nature?

I thought that was invite only.

Lucky you!

Its not that bad x)

Of all the things, this is the. Worst. Possible. Thing.

Yes xD

My pleasure. XD

Also helps reduce the gag reflex. ;)

It is but she does not even entertain that idea sadly.

Takes trying for a few days to stretch your tongue to get it far enough back.

Keep stretching!

Feels strange at first, then its very handy. Helps unclog the nasal passages. You can even suck on a side passage and spit out what comes out. I once had a piece of string from a corona mask stuck in a side passage and was able to get that out just with my tongue. its also a nice trick so groce out people xD

That's not how you floss.

squeaky squeaky squeaky

It's actually called mental floss :)

My brain hasn't that's for sure

Like guide dogs!

I love you

Actually it is true
Certain psychiatric medicines that influence hormones does that - even in males

Because “Father’s Milk” hits different.

Usually with hormone therapy

Sometimes regular stimulation is enough. I saw one case where a man took on an orphaned infant where there wasn't even any animal milk available to hack together formula, and the starving infant attempting to get milk out of his nipple every hour for multiple days was enough to get the one breast to start making milk, and the infant lived thanks to it.

The need for suckling to stimulate milk production is a catch-22 for women who don't make enough milk. They have to supplement with formula to prevent "failure to thrive", but the infant spending some of its sucking time on a bottle instead of a breast reduces their supply even more, so then they have to feed even more formula... There are devices that run a tube to the nipple so the infant can get formula from the tube while at the same time stimulating breast milk production, and they work, but look like a huge pain.

Like Arnold Schwartzeneggar!

• Donald J. Trump

I agree that's way worse

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

I let fire do most of my digestion for me.

As an IBS sufferer, I'm here to tell you, it ain't free.

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

I, a vagina-haver, had no idea until a Catholic friend in college mentioned NFP. The secular Fertility Awareness resources I ended up finding all supported my impression this isn't widely known. That was twenty years ago, though, maybe young people these days are more body-aware?

Agree it isn't really gross, I think it's cool, but it seemed gross-adjacent enough I could get away with sharing in this thread.

Topologically, a human gastrointestinal tract is outside of the body.

In yo ass

I actually looked this up just for you. Surprisingly low at .3%! While the number of cells are roughly halfish each human and non human, the non human cells weigh so little they only account for around 200 grams of actual weight. Learned something new myself there.

Here is an artist's depiction of someone afflicted:

Nah, for real it's pretty gnar: