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TIL Female Bark lice have spined penises they use to mate with unwilling partners for up to 70 hours

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 12:40 am

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TIL that all lice that infest mammals descend from a single louse that lived before dinosaurs went extinct.

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 4:37 pm

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TIL pubic lice is different than head lice and our ancestors caught pubic lice from guerrillas.

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 3:44 am

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Where do head lice go to pray?

by cringeyjokesman May 29, 2022, 6:04 am

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TIL pubic lice are usually spread through human sexual contact. They don’t carry disease. They must feed on human blood to survive. Animals don’t get or spread them. Children can also get pubic lice. Pubic lice don’t have feet that could enable them to walk on smooth surfaces like toilet seats.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 11:59 pm

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TIL That until 2001 many costumed workers at Disney parks had to wear communal underwear. This resulted in several cases of pubic lice and scabies doing the rounds of employees.

by whatilearned March 13, 2022, 6:00 am

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TIL that “cooties” comes from WWI slang for body lice. American English caught cooties when veterans returned home in the 1920s

by whatilearned March 9, 2022, 6:55 pm

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What do you call lice that lives in a bald man’s head?

by cringeyjokesman November 29, 2021, 5:50 pm

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Wet Combing Best Way to Spot Head Lice Combing through a child's wet hair rather than a simpler visual inspection may be the best way to detect an active head lice infestation, according to a new study.

by DailyHealthNews July 12, 2021, 5:57 pm

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New Treatment Effective in Killing Lice Ulesfia, a new prescription lotion for battling head lice, is highly effective at killing the tiny bugs and is safe for kids as young as 6 months, a study shows.

by DailyHealthNews July 6, 2021, 7:43 pm

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Pill Kills Hard-to-Treat Head Lice Stromectal — a pill containing ivermectin, a drug used to prevent heartworm in dogs — kills head lice resistant to first-line treatment better than malathion-based lotion.

by DailyHealthNews July 6, 2021, 1:13 pm

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Head Lice Grow Resistant to Treatments There has been a growing concern that head lice are becoming resistant to some common over-the-counter treatments.

by DailyHealthNews July 3, 2021, 8:05 pm

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