This is My Brain on Leeches

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vintagedave · 7h ago

This is actually a fascinating article, and I am suitably grossed out and fascinated at the same time. Good HN material, in the 'Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.' guideline sense.

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This is My Brain on Leeches

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