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  • You're right, a spleen is a strange thing-we technically don't need one, but maybe spleens are kept in our bodies in case we mutate or evolve, and if we grow wings or tentacles we need to have the spleen in place in order for them to work.

    Douglas Coupland (2011). “The Gum Thief: A Novel”, p.168, Bloomsbury Publishing USA