If your parents always told you to close the toilet lid before you flush, gruesome new video shows that they really were right.
The footage, captured by scientists from University of Colorado Boulder, shows a plume of tiny liquid droplets violently ejected from the toilet after flushing.
These liquid droplets are usually invisible to the naked eye, so the researchers used bright green lasers in the lab to make them visible.
While this was a safe lab simulation using water, any toilet in use can potentially blast out droplets containing dangerous pathogens such as E. coli, norovirus and possibly even coronavirus.
Read/Watch: Video shows why you should ALWAYS close the lid before you flush | Daily Mail Online
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