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How do people go through life not knowing what weevils are? I was talking about ants to a teacher the other day and mentioned something about weevils & they were like "what are weevils?"

"Like beetles but with the long snoot to drill acorns and trees."

"drill acorns!?"

"That's how they end up hollow"

"oh."

"That's how acorn ants have a place to live!"

"oh. I didn't know so much was going on in acorns."

"That's not even the tip of the iceberg!"

I'm astonished.

Imagine just walking around with no idea that weevils exist.

I wonder what's my weevil. There's got to be something like that I have no idea about. It's probably related to driving a car.

@futurebird Cars are manufactured by different makers, using different parts that can’t be used on other cars. Some are imperial, some are metric. But there is one part that can be reused on any car (and bicycle)…the lowly Schrader valve. It keeps the air in your tires. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrad

en.m.wikipedia.orgSchrader valve - Wikipedia
Nomi

@obviousdwest @futurebird
You can also find a Schrader valve on nearly every air conditioner. It's how you get the refrigerant in

@nomi @obviousdwest @futurebird I expect this will be the most interesting fact I learn all day, if not all week. Thank you!