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?

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[–] 92 points 6 months ago (6 children)

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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  • [–] [S] 36 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    One of the delights of being a schoolteacher I guess. Just make stuff up and watch em go.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    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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