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Random mermaid
We don't know what a large fraction of our genome is exactly supposed to DO. Sometimes it does nothing; a large genome is no guarantee of the complexity of the organism. The humble potato has a larger genome (number of base pairs in its DNA sequence) than humans do, and yet it just kind of sits there and... potates.

What was their reasoning for the bed in the kitchen? What possible function could it serve? That truly baffles me.