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We kit them out with a rat backpack
You mean, a rat-pack. C’mon, it was right there!
Not an image I needed
Sorry, Sport. You can’t appoint them all.
“…and my balls!”
It just means they did an internet search to find out more
Putting out the dog is a reasonable first priority
This is why you’re the doctor.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh described Watters’ commentary as a “conspiracy theory.”
“We are going to shake it off,” she told Politico, referencing a popular Swift song.
Unexpected Pentagon humor
Totally thought this was an Onion headline, and laughed.
Had no idea about this. Thanks for sharing.
Woo! Why not 6?
I read a while ago that humans probably have ants out-chonked since some time ago when we started gaining weight as a population.
Had to check back on this since that little factoid has stuck with me since reading it.
Per this journal from 2022, https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2201550119
Because if there’s anything worth getting scientific about, it’s us vs the ant horde.![Suck it, ants!](https://frinkiac.com/img/S13E08/412245.jpg)