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Scientific query: why don't rats stick their eyes out in the straw?

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Inquisitive fools. · Inquisitive fool. · view the constellation · filed as J2371.3

Cited in the index
  • general Wesselski Arlotto I 213f. No. 54.
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Filed under Absurd scientific speculations.

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