• dodgy_bagel
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      2 days ago

      You’re gonna show up in a youtube video.

      A 30 year old presented to the E.R. with a bloated stomach and high fever. He claims to have eaten the same pasta for 30 days. As we know, botulism starts to grow on noodles after three days, which means…

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        11 hours ago

        You’re thinking of bacillus cereus, which grows on cooked rice or pasta stored at room temperature.

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        Ackchully Clostridium botulinum is an obligate anaerobe from soil and should never grow in conditions of old pasta. The oxygen alone would kill it.