What Does Human Taste Like?
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Eating your own boogers is gross, but it might be smart. Assuming you have clean fingers, lung specialist Friedrich Bischinger points out that snot contains antiseptic enzymes that kill or weaken bacteria. Reintroducing those crippled microorganisms may allow your immune system to develop antibodies in relative safety. Now, that is good to know- -nose. But is eating your own snot cannibalism(?) Self cannibalism. Just like a cow or chicken or fish or fruit or vegetable you are made out of alot of edible things. The meat on an average human body contains 77,000 dietary calories worth of nutritional energy. Yum(!) If you decide to become a cannibal, just don't show up late for dinner or you'll get the cold shoulder. ...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Eating your own boogers is gross, but it might be smart. Assuming you have clean fingers, lung specialist Friedrich Bischinger points out that snot contains antiseptic enzymes that kill or weaken bacteria. Reintroducing those crippled microorganisms may allow your immune system to develop antibodies in relative safety. Now, that is good to know- -nose. But is eating your own snot cannibalism(?) Self cannibalism. Just like a cow or chicken or fish or fruit or vegetable you are made out of alot of edible things. The meat on an average human body contains 77,000 dietary calories worth of nutritional energy. Yum(!) If you decide to become a cannibal, just don't show up late for dinner or you'll get the cold shoulder. ...
