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TIL that a “Cloaca” is an all-in-one hole which serves as a pee-hole + ass-hole + birth hole + in/out sex-hole. Birds have this all-purpose hole, as do some mammals, and 1 in 20,000 humans. Some turtles even breath through it, making it a 5-purpose hole for them.

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