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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/fertytty_casder on 2023-11-06 17:57:59.

Original Title: TIL bed bugs do not engage in courtship rituals; rather, their method of mating is known as traumatic insemination. In this process, a male bed bug will climb onto a female and use his hypodermic penis to puncture the side of her body, depositing his sperm into her body cavity…