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American high school football coaches who told you to “rub some dirt on it” when you were hurt finally vindicated by science.
by JackFr 7y ago
American high school football coaches who told you to “rub some dirt on it” when you were hurt finally vindicated by science.
- gexla 7y agoThis was the reason I ate mud when I was a kid. I was just a young junkie. And I was invincible.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoThere’s a reason why toddlers have an insatiable desire to put everything in their mouths for about a year. Do you think nature would evolve that trait if it wasn’t beneficial?
- Aloha 7y agoIndeed, its part of how we grow our gut biome, and train our immune system what will and won't kill us. There have been several studies that point out that over sterile environments for babies has a direct correlation with allergies in later life.
- Narishma 7y ago> Do you think nature would evolve that trait if it wasn’t beneficial? Yes? I mean that happens all the time. Just because a trait isn't useful doesn't mean it will disappear. Sometimes it will stay even if it's harmful as long as it doesn't kill the individual before they reproduce.
- HeadsUpHigh 7y agoA harmful trait that appears in adolescence would disappear because it would kill you before reproductive age.
- x0 7y agoOnly if it's harmful enough to kill you. There's plenty of negative traits in nature that only exist because they weren't bad enough to stop reproduction.
- cududa 7y agoWell... at my old high school the coaches would slip opioids into players bags before games so they could play through pain. BBC did a documentary on my home town, nearly 8% of my graduating class have died from over doses https://youtu.be/j7ynJ5S9c58 https://youtu.be/j7ynJ5S9c58
- pkaye 7y agoTacrolimus, one of the main transplant anti-rejection drugs was discovered in soil samples also.