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"Carrot Tans" Are Trending on Tiktok. Here's What The Science Says.(www.sciencealert.com)

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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Nobody tell them that carrots are good for their eyes.

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MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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Because everyone knows about onboard radar now…

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Yozul@beehaw.org
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Well, they can’t give you superhuman night vision, but a shortage of vitamin A is actually bad for your eyes, and carrots are a good source of it.

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MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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Yeah, that’s in the link, just an interesting historical on the origin of the carrot/eyesight thing.

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