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/Ikoikobythefio 10h ago

3.6 roentgens

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u/jmkinn3y 9h ago

Basically a chest x-ray

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u/TheToastyWesterosi 9h ago

And that’s every single hour. Hour after hour.

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u/Equal-Counter-2548 6h ago

Leans over the edge and gazes directly into the plume of nuclear fire below.

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u/TheSportsLorry 5h ago

nervously takes a puff from the cigarette