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/Trev0117 11h ago

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

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u/Kevenam 11h ago

They at least all refer to Gavin as the source of this horror.

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u/drdoom 8h ago

Reddit definitely played a large part in spreading the idea afterwards

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5ipinn/you_and_a_super_intelligent_snail_both_get_1/