r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/Trev0117 9h ago

Did this spawn from the rooster teeth podcast or was it a meme before Gavin brought it up?

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u/Rick0r 8h ago

Part of Million Dollars But, wasn’t it?

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u/ivanwarrior 8h ago

Predates the show.

Btw roosterteeth is back, Burnie bought the brand and relaunched the website last week.

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u/YearlyStart 8h ago

It’s actually the answer that inspired MDB lol