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Hundreds of People Just Buried Their Underwear in the Dirt!

Photo: Ana Jovanovski / Unsplash
Over one thousand volunteers across Switzerland buried cotton underpants in their gardens to help measure how healthy the soil is. Friendly tiny microbes [microscopic living things] in the dirt actually ate the fabric, leaving behind nothing but scraps! Would you ever volunteer your own undies for a science experiment?
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ScienceDaily
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