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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Maybe hands plugging in and unplugging stuff touches the wall and erases the mold.

[–] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Sounds like the title of a BDSM story!

[–] randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Could it be electromagnetic fields making it grow in that pattern?

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

There are Magnetic bacteria but this is certainly just heat/moisture related.

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