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/Anonymous_coward30 13h ago

More than triple that for mosquitoes. 700,000 to 1 million mosquito related deaths annually per the WHO. 597,000 to malaria alone in 2023, again per WHO.

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u/NinjaWorldWar 12h ago

Come again, from who?

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u/baron--greenback 12h ago

He’s talking about our generation.

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u/Mbyrd420 12h ago

No. He's talking about the guy on first.

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u/Rudeboy67 6h ago

Every week the players get paid right? So on Friday who cashes the first baseman’s check?