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The Final Member Husavik, a small town in northern Iceland, boasts the world’s one and only museum of the penis. The museum has penises from all Iceland’s mammals, except one: a human penis. Zach Math and Jonah Bekhor directed a film, The Final Member, about the museum, its creator/curator, Sigurður Hjartarson, and his efforts to complete his collection.
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