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A potato has more chromosomes than you do

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In the grand biological race for structural complexity, you are technically losing to a common tuber. Human cells operate using forty-six neatly paired chromosomes, while the standard potato boasts forty-eight. This numerical superiority means absolutely nothing regarding overall intelligence, but it does highlight nature's wildly arbitrary system for organizing genetic files.

A potato has more chromosomes than you do
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