TIL that “bookworms” aren’t just a term for readers—bookworms are actual bugs that used to burrow into ancient books, damaging them by eating the binding glue and paper fibers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookworm_(insect)
#til #todayilearned
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