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TIL Jain scriptures dated from the 6th century B.C. propose the existence of "nigodas," tiny creatures living everywhere, in the tissues of plants and animals. It wasn't until 1646 when Athanasius Kircher wrote that milk and vinegar were "abound with an innumerable multitude of worms"

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