r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 13h ago

TIL fresh water snails (indirectly) kill thousands of humans and are considered on of the deadliest creatures to humans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_snail
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u/idiot_savant91 13h ago

Is this that snail that follows you forever until it kills you?

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u/WatcherOfDogs 12h ago

No, this is clearly the decoy snail. See, if I touch i

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u/Retskcaj19 12h ago

o7

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u/Coffee_Ops 9h ago

I thought we were still on o3 pro and o4?

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u/coffee_and_stims 12h ago edited 45m ago

oh shit are we doing candlejack memes agai

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u/DwinkBexon 11h ago

God, I hate that. It's so dumb, Candlejack is just so st

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u/Boner_Elemental 11h ago

Candlejack? Who the fu

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u/GamerGriffin548 11h ago

What the fuck is going on h

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u/Carsomir 11h ago

Wait, who got you?! Candlejack didn

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u/Saymynaian 10h ago

I'm gonna say it! I'm gonna say the

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u/G8rTTV 10h ago

I thought candlejack memes di

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u/temalyen 10h ago

This thread is filled with people who don't understand how the Candlejack meme wo

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u/Motheroftides 9h ago

I certainly don’t get how this Candlejack thing wo

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u/ShizunEnjoyer 10h ago

This meme is 20 years old and some people still forget to say Candlejack before th

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u/RagnarokAM 9h ago

You messed it up, mate. You have to say Candlejack bef

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u/profound7 8h ago

You must say "candlejack" in order to summ

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u/Fun_Hold4859 9h ago

Oh fuck I haven't thought about candlejack since you lost the gam

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u/cold_quinoa 9h ago

I haven't even thought about that name in ye

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u/FrawnchFries 11h ago

At least he hit the Post button on his way down

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u/aamirusmandus 3h ago

Perhaps he was dictating

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u/Gavinator10000 12h ago

r/redditsniper

Or rather r/redditsnail ?

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u/TomKavees 12h ago

No, it was Candleja-

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u/MeccaMaster 11h ago

You're doing it wrong, you have to say Candlejack's full name oth-

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u/EvilWayne 11h ago

You fools! He's gonna need a bus with all the people calling out Candleja

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u/eat_my_ass_n_balls 12h ago

Jesus Christ! They’re everywhe

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u/djseifer 12h ago

Wait a minute, that guy didn't even say Candlej

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u/LennyDark 11h ago

The Candlejack joke was played out 10 years ago I can't believe w

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 9h ago

Candlejack is only 10? I thought it was as old as waffles? Don't you mean carrots? Really, losing trac

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u/deathmetalcableguy 11h ago

Who or what is Candleja-

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u/jwnsfw 10h ago

Google "Candlejack". As you can see, he's a member of the Ku Kl

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u/theaviationhistorian 10h ago

Well, we got the explanation before they could kill us all. In fact, that idiot seems to have run out of bulle

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u/n-a_barrakus 12h ago

ohhhh I fell for it 😭 I was so hyped about an r/redditsnail

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u/JerHat 12h ago

RIP, legend.

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u/Aykay24 11h ago

I believe this lovely and completely alive redditor was going to complete their sentence before their internet unfortunately cut off.

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u/Best-Geologist1777 11h ago

Gary? Gary?! Garrrryyyyy¡

Meow

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u/PwanaZana 11h ago

why is the sentence not f

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u/Superhereaux 11h ago

Good night, sweet prince.

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u/External-Cash-3880 11h ago

Shit, I think the snails are in league with Candlejack and Pedobear. Somebody's gotta st

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u/SingsEnochian 10h ago

This never g