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Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies (apnews.com)
submitted 7 months ago by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Man, you gotta be careful with these things. The NIST is liable to see that and declare the “single cicada piss stream” as the new unit of measurement to replace the already rather Victorian “inHg”.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I prefer to measure by banana. This case calls for purified banana units.