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by Earw0rm 4 hours ago
Flatworms branched off our side of the animal tree of life very early on. They're on the same side as molluscs, some of whom (cephalopods) are famous for having a more distributed nervous system.

Granted though many/most organs are stateful and somewhat adaptive - in a sense they'll "remember" what happened. Even plants possess that to varying degrees.

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Did you know human overies contain neurons? I suppose memories are not stored there :-) but still the fact is rather surprising.
I believe there are tastebuds in your colon too.
The heart has neurons in it too.