TIL the 2024 Ig Nobel prize in physiology was awarded to researchers who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses. This might offer an alternative way of getting oxygen into critically ill patients if ventilator & artificial lung supplies run low.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/science/ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-2024-intl-scli/index.html
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