...and not really, it doesn't fit naturally into the breadboard.
Really? Then it sounds like it may be an SMD part. OR, you don't know that you have to bend the pins inward a bit to get it to push into the breadboard -- or use an IC insertion tool. IC are shipped with their pins bent out at a 75° angle, so insertion machines only have to bend them inward [to 90°] and not in or out to get them lined up.
It will look like this, when you get it plugged in (assuming it is a DIP package):
