Eric Scheske

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Surely, the anti-Social Justicers at 4Chan could meme this into something hilarious:

TIL that koalas have one of the smallest brains in proportion to body weight of any mammal. They are so dumb, that when presented with leaves on a flat surface instead of on branches, they are unable to recognize them as food and will not eat them. from r/todayilearned

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