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Science of Poop with Mary Roach [EXTENDED CUT]

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

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We Poop Because We Eat

People who aren't grossed out by poop are fascinated by it. Writer Mary roach is one of my favorite science writers. She wrote a book called gulp, all about the epic journey food takes from your mouth to your rectum and into the toilet. We need to eat food to have the energy to fuel all the different parts of our bodies. Our bodies are experts at separating what we eat by the stuff we need that nutrition ness,. From the stuff we can't digest, like that nickel youve accidentally swallowed, or corn bits. That makes its way along the intestine and water gets absorbed out, so it gets harder and harder. This sort of left over waste material ad

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