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“The aim of cleaning, then, should be to reduce bacteria numbers—but not to zero. Even harmful bacteria can be good for us when the immune system uses them for training. A couple of thousand Salmonella bacteria in the kitchen sink are a chance for our immune system to do a little sightseeing. They become dangerous only when they turn up in greater numbers. Bacteria get out of hand when they encounter the perfect conditions: a protected location that is warm and moist with a supply of delicious food.”
― Giulia Enders, Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”
― Selwyn Duke

“Praise by name, criticize by category”
― Peter Bevelin, All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There

“Count Dracula. A genetic defect has been identified in his home country, Romania, that results in symptoms that include a lack of tolerance to garlic, sensitivity to sunlight, and the production of red urine.”
― Giulia Enders, Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ