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This mysterious mushroom makes people see hundreds of tiny humans | ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)

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I could have sworn I read something similar a few weeks ago ...

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

named after the miniature inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels," who stand just 6 inches tall

Ok, suuuuuper awkward thing to say here but... my penis is precisely one Lilliputian tall, which I understand to be just about average

Also, in Romanian, "puța" means penis

Are there other languages with a similar word for penis? Did Jonathan Swift know this? Was this deliberate? Are the Lilliputians really just "Lil' dicks" ?

EDIT: Has John Oliver already done this? I feel like John Oliver has already done this