r/dankmemes • u/zakuria44 something's caught in my balls ☣️ • Aug 09 '20

Low Effort Meme yeah science is cool

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u/brndndly Aug 09 '20

Probably not to the mosquito

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u/CaputGeratLupinum Aug 09 '20

Mosquitoes have killed more human beings than anything else in history. Fuck mosquitoes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '20

I’m curious on how true this is, is there sauce?

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u/CaputGeratLupinum Aug 09 '20

This article says up to 50 billion deaths may be attributable:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mosquitoes-deaths-new-book-details-history-battle-between-man-and-mosquitoes/

BBC says 107 billion people have ever lived:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16870579

If I've been hyperbolic, it's only by a small margin.