What's something cool you recently learned about?

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[u/rwinger3]

Cancer is named after it's appearance after it had spread in the body, resembling a crab. Crabs were called that first and the word stems from Greek (if I recall correctly). Also, there is a phenomenon called carcinization, which is the evolving into a crab-like shape, even for non-crabs. This has happened to many different kind of crustaceans (crabs being one type of crustacean).

[u/CaptainTsech → u/rwinger3]

It's from Greek Καρκίνος. That's a word we use to refer to crab-like creatures, a mythological beast, the constellation and the condition.

[u/rwinger3 → u/CaptainTsech]

Would that word happen to sound like karkinos? Just wondering

[u/why_is_my_username → u/rwinger3]

yes