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'Wow, that must be why you swallow so many of them per year!' 'No, that's spiders. You swallow WAY more ants.'

https://explainxkcd.com/3079/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fun fact: all ants can be seen under a microscope!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't know. The table on which the microscope lays isn't rated for 2.5 MT. Did you mean telescope?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Well not all of them at the same time. Also, don't be silly, a telescope can't focus that close