r/todayilearned • u/mvincen95 • 1d ago

TIL that despite their name, it is biologically impossible for a centipede to be born with exactly 100 legs because a genetic quirk dictates they always have an odd number of leg pairs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede
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u/King_Roberts_Bastard 15h ago

That being said, if you have a house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) in your house, don't kill it. It wont bother you and it great for pest control

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u/SharkFart86 6h ago

I’m literally more creeped out by them than the bugs they kill though.

Thats like saying “got a vampire in your attic? Keep it! It eats mosquitoes when it’s in its bat form!”