“The mystical healing properties of tears are invoked in fairy tales and fantasies from Rapunzel to Harry Potter. So it may surprise you to hear that tears really are pretty powerful, on the microbial level at least.”

— How Tears Go ‘Pac-Man’ To Beat Bacteria
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    Huh. Who’d have thought tears would actually solve anything? Worldview=shifted
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    So if I cry more often, I could save a fortune in Anti-bacterial Hand Cleaner!
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    Wonders of our own
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