# SDMB Believe It Or...(Weird Facts You've Learned Recently)

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**Created:** [February 21, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-believe-it-or-weird-facts-youve-learned-recently/681849 "2014-02-21T06:29:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-believe-it-or-weird-facts-youve-learned-recently/681849/4 "2014-02-21T13:40:53Z")

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From a General Questions thread, _this_ is the coolest thing I’ve heard lately:

> [@Has homosexual behavior ever been observed in invertebrates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-homosexual-behavior-ever-been-observed-in-invertebrates/681712/11):
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> And then there’s penis fencing, practiced by some flatworms. The worms are hermaphroditic, but in any given mating, one will take on the female role, while the other takes on the male role. Both get the same benefit from this, offspring, but it costs the mother a lot more than it does the father. So how do they decide who gets to be the dad? By penis fencing. The flatworm penis has a sharp point, and they jab at each other until one penetrates the other’s skin and inseminates it.

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