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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

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Products Of Randomness And Selection

Biology Science Evolution
10 months ago 17.7K views 0 shares
Products Of Randomness And Selection
Nothing screams "intelligent design" quite like a sunfish that looks like nature had a seizure while using Photoshop, or koalas whose entire existence is based on eating toxic leaves that provide almost zero nutrition. Evolution is basically nature throwing spaghetti at the wall for billions of years and seeing what doesn't immediately die. The beauty of natural selection isn't perfection—it's the "eh, good enough" approach that keeps things running. Giraffes evolved arteries that loop around their necks like the world's most unnecessarily complicated plumbing. Humans get cancer because our cells sometimes just... forget how to cell properly. And don't get me started on retroviruses that literally inserted themselves into our DNA and now make up about 8% of our genome. So next time someone mentions "intelligent design," just point to the platypus—a creature that's basically evolution's way of saying "I was drunk that day."

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