▲ 851 ▼ Mandela effect? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 185 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) But worms are brown. Actually worms are transparent but they eat dirt, so they're brown. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago There are plenty of pink and red worms out there. And grey. And some green. A few blue. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And perhaps at one point they ate clay, so they would have been more reddish in color, or perhaps the dirt they were consuming was more reddish in color. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreatDong3000@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago Googled it. It wasn't because of worms in general. It was from Vermiculus which is the diminutive of Vermis but also was how they called a very specific worm, at some point in time the only way they knew where to get red pigments from was by crushing this worm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago There are plenty of pink and red worms out there. And grey. And some green. A few blue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And perhaps at one point they ate clay, so they would have been more reddish in color, or perhaps the dirt they were consuming was more reddish in color. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreatDong3000@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago Googled it. It wasn't because of worms in general. It was from Vermiculus which is the diminutive of Vermis but also was how they called a very specific worm, at some point in time the only way they knew where to get red pigments from was by crushing this worm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreatDong3000@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago Googled it. It wasn't because of worms in general. It was from Vermiculus which is the diminutive of Vermis but also was how they called a very specific worm, at some point in time the only way they knew where to get red pigments from was by crushing this worm. permalink fedilink source parent
