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Here's why you should never, ever eat icicles
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T.K. RandallJanuary 7, 2021 ·
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Don't eat these... Image Credit: TikTok / @weather_katie
A meteorologist went viral recently with a very convincing reason for why eating icicles is a very bad idea.
There's no denying that icicles - the long shards of ice typically found hanging from your rooftop or window ledges during particularly cold weather - can be breathtakingly beautiful.
Some might argue that these intriguing ice spikes may even look good enough to eat like some sort of natural-made popsicle, however there is a very good reason why you shouldn't do that - as explained in a viral TikTok video posted up recently by meteorologist Katie Nikolaou.
In the video, which actually shows someone chomping down on an icicle found in their garden, she provides a simple explanation that's likely to put anyone off trying to do the same.
"Please don't do that," she said. "I'm a meteorologist, I should know."
"When icicles form it's from water that runs off your roof. You know what else is on your roof? Bird poop. A lot of it. You're eating poop."
Enough said.
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