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A Man Who Donated His Body to Science Shocked Medical Students With His ‘Triple Penis’

That’s a hell of a parting gift.

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A man donated his body to science after death and managed to leave medical students with one final anatomical curveball: three penises.

According to Live Science, students in the United Kingdom were dissecting the cadaver of a 78-year-old man when they found what the case report called a “serendipitous discovery” inside his pelvis. From the outside, the man appeared to have one penis. Internally, he had three.

The condition is called triphallia, which means exactly what it sounds like. Three penile structures. Three glanses. Three separate shafts with erectile tissue. One extremely complicated day in anatomy lab.

The visible penis measured about three inches long. The........

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