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    1 year ago

    They probably couldn’t before, but it got revised in a mandela effect update.

    Also the rumors that they got their name by burrowing into sleeping people’s ears is grossly exaggerated. There have been no double blind studies showing this conclusion, and the Himalayan artwork depicting earwig-zombified villagers attacking a temple has been debunked as popular fiction art from the 14th century.

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        The science is settled. Aside from the reports of ancient historians, rumors of earwig apocalypse are without sufficient supporting data to rule out alternative explanations.