My elementary school teacher told us once that Americans only poop once a week. The climate is colder in North America, so their intestines pack the poop together very densely such that they only need to poop once a week. She said you’d be sent to the doctor if you poop daily in America.

Is this true?

  • TipRing@lemmy.world
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    That has to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. I’m veggie, if I don’t poop every day there’s a fucking problem.

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      I just accepted it as a simple fact didnt think about it anymore lol

      I wonder why she told us that.

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          Once during a high school history lesson on a quite debate-inducing topic my teacher just shut me down with “I’m a PhD in history”.

          For ~15 years I thought my history teacher was PhD until quite recently discovering it was a lie. 🗿

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        Maybe she was saying we’re near-constantly full of shit. And that’s a big collective touché, honestly

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      I eat enough fiber if I don’t go multiple times a day I could literally explode