THEY'RE calling it the yucky ducky controversy - scientists in Switzerland and Illinois, USA have confirmed what many parents have long suspected - bathtime toys are actually a haven for "potentially pathogenic bacteria".
After testing the contents of several rubber duckies the researchers found a range of bacteria including Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is "often implicated in hospital-acquired infections".
Published in the journal Biofilms and Microbiomes, the study found up to 75 million bacteria and fungus cells per square centimetre in the duck's innards, fed by "low quality polymers" in the plastic materials along with bath contaminants and human excretions from that occasional "code brown" in the bath.
A US man has completed an unusual fundraising challenge, after eating the same fast food every day for 500 days.
Bruce Wayne - like his Batman namesake - is a superhero to cancer sufferers for his effort which saw Mexican chain Chipotle donate more than $5,000 to a research charity in honour of the culinary endurance feat.
He ate off the menu daily to break a previous 425-day streak set by another taco aficionado.
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