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From big, slimy earthworms to microscopic C. elegans, worms are everywhere... or are they? It turns out, as is often the case on Tangents, that everything you thought you knew about worms is a lie, up to and including their very existence!

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[Trivia Question]

Dave the longest earthworm

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/04/uk-biggest-worm-record-breaking-in-cheshire

[Fact Off]

Geosmin smells like danger to C. elegans

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220405143530.htm

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35323022/

Ice worms in glaciers