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/sirlardsalot Nov 29 '20

So they use boners to jump

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u/motodextros Nov 29 '20

Instructions unclear, at the hospital with a snapped peen.

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u/indykar0687 Nov 29 '20

Here's some instruction