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TIL that the Tetrahymena thermophila, a single-celled ciliated unicellular eukaryote, has 7 different sexes. Any two different sexes can mate and produce offspring, and the sex of the offspring can be any of the 7 different types. This allows for 21 different mating combinations.

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