In the condition of myiasis, maggots hatch out and live under the skin – they can even be seen wriggling around. In 1993, doctors in Boston, USA, developed a treatment for myiasis that involved covering the skin with bacon. Maggots like the bacon, so come up towards it. Doctors then pull them out with tweezers. Gross!


Most people pass about a litre (2 pints) of gas a day as burps and farts.

Bacteria can survive 10,000 times the dose of radiation that would kill a person.