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Today's large-scale farming methods make it nearly impossible to avoid consuming trace amounts of agricultural chemicals, many of which may harm the human body over time.

Black holes are often described as cosmic gluttons, consuming everything that drifts too close -- including light itself.

It's worth also thinking about your caffeine consumption more broadly - consuming lots of it every day can cause a caffeine overuse headache and if you suddenly stop, you might get a withdrawal headache.

Yet, the human brain accomplishes this remarkable learning while consuming only about 20 watts of power, compared to the megawatts required by today's supercomputers.

That belief began to shift in 2016, when a bacterium discovered in a Japanese recycling plant was found to survive by consuming plastic waste.