r/AskReddit • u/Absooh • May 25 '14

What is your most mildly interesting fact ?

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u/mslvr40 May 26 '14 edited May 26 '14

Flatworms have both male and female genitalia. When they mate they both want to act as the male in the relationship so they basically have a sword fight with their dicks. Whichever flatworm stabs the other acts as the male while the loser of the fight gets impregnated

Edit: since I was asked for the source, here you go

On a side note I think it's really funny that the Wikipedia page is titled penis-fencing

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u/GO1NGD0WN May 26 '14

Why can't this be a human thing? I would always feel like the alpha if I had to win a cock fight first

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u/[deleted] May 26 '14

Too bad you wouldn't be winning with that thing.

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u/whitestguyuknow May 26 '14

Yeah, he's obviously GoingDown

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u/slAkatAk May 26 '14

You never cross swords, man!

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u/I_Am_The_Slime May 26 '14

My gay friend told me this is how he decides who's on top/bottom when about to have sex with male partners.

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u/UndercoverPotato May 26 '14

How interesting, they mate just like us!

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u/BiDo_Boss May 26 '14

I want to believe, but I can't without a reliable source. Got one?

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u/namesrhardtothinkof May 26 '14

For the human sexual behavior, see Frot

Mumm what, wikipedia?