Tangential related fun fact: the common stereotype of the pot belly not-so-bright southerner in America (often depicted in popular media near or around a swamp)

Tangential related fun fact: the common stereotype of the pot belly not-so-bright southerner in America (often depicted in popular media near or around a swamp) has it's origins in hook worms: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/how-a-worm-gave-the-south-a-bad-name/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/how-a-worm-gave-the-so...