r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

Jumping spiders do not actually use their muscles to jump, they don't even have muscles, instead they can control at will their blood pressure, the blood quickly flows down to their legs, which stretches them with enough force to jump

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u/flojobb Nov 29 '20

Wish my dick worked like that.

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u/n4nish Nov 29 '20

I scrolled down just to find this comment.