😷 It may not be allergies. A recent study warns that the inhalation of toxic microplastics may pose a serious health risk, with humans potentially inhaling the equivalent of an entire credit card over a week. The findings reveal that microplastics tend to accumulate in the nasal cavity and the back of the throat. Silver lining? Your phlegm may technically be recyclable! 💳
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🔄 Yikes. Humans’ consistent extraction of groundwater has revealed an alarming consequence: we've actually shifted the Earth's rotational pole. A study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters reveals that over the period from 1993 to 2010, the pole moved about 31 inches eastward due to groundwater depletion and the subsequent rise in sea levels. We’re scared to think of what the current change would show. 🌍
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☠️ Eww, gross. Turns out that real human bones were originally used in Disneyland's “Pirates Of The Caribbean” ride. Though they have since been replaced with plastic replicas, when the ride was first constructed back in 1967, the available counterfeit options fell short of expectations prompting the park's designers to utilize more...ahem…authentic materials. 🤢