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[DeliberatelyBuried] Ratatouille (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Fun fact, there is almost a hundred percent chance that Demodex mites live on the skin of your head and face at this very moment.

The burrow into our follicles and live on the oils we excrete. They come out at night to mate. On our faces.

They are microscopic and mostly harmless though.

[–] jwiggler 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I found this fact particularly fun. thanks for sending me down a lil rabbit hole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Wrong hole, buddy

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