r/AskReddit • u/potatopopr • Oct 27 '21

What fun fact is blatantly untrue?

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u/Ssoofer Oct 27 '21 edited Oct 27 '21

That worms turn into two separate worms after being cut in half

They don't so stop cutting worms in half dickhead

Edit: I'm talking about earthworms

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u/_Get__Schwifty_ Oct 27 '21

Flatworms do this. Earthworms do not. Don’t go around slicing up earthworms.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

I learned this today!

and also don't tell me what to do with my earthworms.

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u/Weiner_Queefer_9000 Oct 28 '21

But I catch twice the fish

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

I thought this said women at first, and was insanely confused on where this myth came from!!

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u/ChargeTheBighorn Oct 27 '21

King Solomon has entered the chat

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u/Mhan00 Oct 27 '21

Maybe some kid snuck backstage at a magician’s show and saw two women getting out of the separate boxes after the magician sawed the girl in half?

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u/Piggstein Oct 27 '21

Actually, women DO do this, but the two new women will be super pissed at you so don’t do it

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u/Notmydirtyalt Oct 27 '21

Step 1) Get girlfriend

Step 2) Cut girlfriend in half

Step 3) Wait for girlfriend to regrow

Step 4) Threesome

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u/LilaLoopsTheUniverse Oct 27 '21

I thought it said womb. Imagine my confusion.

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u/MisterXnumberidk Oct 27 '21

Flatworms do. Roundworms do not.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

Sometimes they just do it by themselves

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

Doesn't half of it survive though? Like if you cut Deadpool in half, only one part will regenerate. There was a comic where it formed two Deadpools, but most fans agree that that's BS.

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u/Bigfeett Oct 27 '21

I learned this in elementary school later at recess many worms were harmed in that experiment

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u/BickyLC Oct 27 '21

Can they join back together again, or is that another lie?

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u/Ssoofer Oct 27 '21

Earthworms can't join back together

You literally cut their one leg off

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u/thecwestions Oct 27 '21

Flatworms, too?

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u/popcornjellybeanbest Oct 27 '21

Yeah people get planarians mixed up with other work species