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Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 hours ago

Good point

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Good point

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Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 hours ago
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    It’s short for spermaceti whale.

    Spermaceti is the name of the oil they produce for buoyancy/echolocation. Why is it called that? Because it was originally thought to be whale semen. Yes, really.

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      Cum is stored in the head

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        pee is stored in the balls so no room there

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        Would explain some of the decisions I’ve made over the years.

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        Only until you swallow

      • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Only during transit.

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        Actual lol, tysm and happy holidays

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      I wonder if they were either disappointed or relieved when they found out it wasn’t cum.

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      spermaceti was named after the italian pasta shape; a folded durham wheat shell with a tail.

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        Since it translates to “sperm head” I think it’s the other way around

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