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Restaurants are apparently really, really filthy. Seats are the germiest surface in a restaurant, followed closely by menus and lemon wedges, according to an undercover investigation by ABC News. What’s so gross about lemon wedges, you ask? Many restaurant and bar workers grab lemons with their bare hands, reaching in again and again without gloves or tongs. If they do not wash their hands thoroughly after using the bathroom, the germs spread.

Restaurants are apparently really, really filthy. Seats are the germiest surface in a restaurant, followed closely by menus and lemon wedges, according to an undercover investigation by ABC News.

What’s so gross about lemon wedges, you ask?

Many restaurant and bar workers grab lemons with their bare hands, reaching in again and again without gloves or tongs. If they do not wash their hands thoroughly after using the bathroom, the germs spread.

Before you begin your Thanksgiving cooking and cleaning, consider swapping out your kitchen sponge. Why? For starters, it’s about 200,000x germier than your toilet seat. Dr. Chuck Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, found that there are about 10 million bacteria per square inch on a sponge. In comparison, the average toilet seat only holds 50 bacteria per square inch, his studies found.

Before you begin your Thanksgiving cooking and cleaning, consider swapping out your kitchen sponge. Why? For starters, it’s about 200,000x germier than your toilet seat.

Dr. Chuck Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, found that there are about 10 million bacteria per square inch on a sponge. In comparison, the average toilet seat only holds 50 bacteria per square inch, his studies found.

File this under “AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!’”

These creepy creatures may look like sci-fi monsters, but they’re actually tiny, everyday insects found in our homes, gardens and our own bodies.

dailydot: Tumblr’s Dogshaming documents dogs behaving badly Humping cats, eating puke, and attacking neighbors are just a few ways dogs lash out when you’re not giving them attention. But now there is a new way to get payback: Dogshaming. The group therapy session uses Tumblr for its meeting space as people submit pictures to it with notes placed near the guilty dogs describing what they did. Dogshaming has more than 115 posts within a week of its creation. (continue) dogshaming: My Shake Shack Pooch-ini tasted better the first time around :( recycling can be a crime Today’s essential Tumblr.

dailydot:

Tumblr’s Dogshaming documents dogs behaving badly

Humping cats, eating puke, and attacking neighbors are just a few ways dogs lash out when you’re not giving them attention. But now there is a new way to get payback: Dogshaming.

The group therapy session uses Tumblr for its meeting space as people submit pictures to it with notes placed near the guilty dogs describing what they did. Dogshaming has more than 115 posts within a week of its creation.
(continue)

dogshaming:

My Shake Shack Pooch-ini tasted better the first time around :(

recycling can be a crime

Today’s essential Tumblr.