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This Insect Has The Only Mechanical Gears Ever Found in Nature (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not a fact about the world but a definition of a somewhat common word. One can say "30 microseconds (30 millionths of a second)" or "hippos are herbivorous (plant-eating)" without a citation because any dictionary will do. In fact, including the citation makes a science journalist seem incompetent as it suggests they needed to look up the term.

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