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The placenta: everyone has one, but almost no one truly understands it. With this piece, we hope to change that. Here are some important facts about the placenta.
- The placenta gets its name from the Latin word for “Mama’s making pancakes.”
- Nobody is sure what the placenta does, but some scientists hypothesize that it plays an important role indetermining whether or not someone is a total nerd.
- The popular Drake song “My Placenta is Big and Red and Won’t Stop Vibrating Somebody Please Help” is rumored to be about the placenta.
- Placentas come in three sizes: tall,grande, and venti. Many early civilizations used placenta size as a measure of masculinity.
- The placenta was accidentally discovered by Dr.DorothyHurst when she was trying to find a North-West Passage to India. The placenta was mistakenly referred to as “India” for almost 30 years.
- Contrary to popular belief, Bill Gates originally coined the term “Microsoft” as an adjective to describe his placenta, not his penis.
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