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The male jawfish incubates its eggs in its mouth.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! — October 22, 2023

1. If the world's 7.8 to 8 billion people stood shoulder to shoulder, they'd fit within Los Angeles' 500 square miles. 2. The male jawfish incubates its eggs in its mouth. 3. Paul McCartney's 1968 handwritten lyrics for the Beatles' "Hey Jude," which he jotted down during a recording session, sold for $910,000 in 2020! 4. After Swedish-Italian ballerina Marie Taglioni's final 1842 performance in St. Petersburg, Russia, fans bought her old pointe shoes so they could cook and eat them.

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