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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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AFAIK it all boils down to the fact that during embryonal development our cells, which at that point were just a blob of undifferentiated autonomous chemical machines, somehow managed to unanimously agree upon the cardinal directions (up-down, left-right, front-back) for future development - and thanks to this, we don't have toes growing out of our ears.

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[–] ArchmageAzor 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's not that incredible, considering we can get cysts full of teeth and hair inside the body

[–] caut_R 20 points 1 year ago

How do I unread this

[–] zovits 7 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, teratomes are not fun. But thankfully they are comparably rare.

[–] Agent641 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine if you suddenly sprouted a tumor with functional tastebuds in your colon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"So what brings you into the doctors office today?"

"Well for some reason everything I eat ends up tasting like shit."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ugh and I thought burping after having Fish Oil pills was bad…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wonder if we could use that phenomena to regenerate teeth in a lab for replacements and dentures.

[–] ArchmageAzor 1 points 1 year ago

Probably no different than stem cell stuff