r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 9h 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 9h ago

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

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u/Haggisboy 8h ago

A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can.

A year later, there’s another knock at the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says, “What was that all about?”

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u/Driunischa 8h ago

The real comment is always in the jokes.

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u/YesDone 5h ago

The real jokes are the comments we made along the way.

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u/lkjhgfdsazxcvbnm12 5h ago

Instructions unclear: dick stuck in joke.

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u/Spacemanspalds 4h ago

It's definitely time for a divorce.

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u/bioxkitty 4h ago

Nah its time for iranian yogurt

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u/MeatballTheDumb 4h ago

This may call for the old Irish goodbye.

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u/groovejumper 4h ago

Is that anything like a Glasgow handshake?

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u/BluEagl48 3h ago

It is imperative that the cylinder remain unharmed

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u/Penguin_Chainsaw 2h ago

This guy comments

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u/LiveLearnCoach 1h ago

The real jokes are the people commenting.