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The Odd body

the Register Online has a collection of columns categorised (it is a British paper) as the Odd Body. Reader's send in questions and they're answered by Stephen Juan, Ph.D. is an anthropologist at the University of Sydney. the articles that first drew me in are titled "How long does it take the body to...". The first of these starts with"

It takes time for everything, including what happens in the human body.

* Fingerprints form six to eight weeks before birth.
* Fingernails grow about four times faster than toenails - about .02 of an inch (0.05cm) per week.

and, naturally, it eventually includes items related to sex and reproduction.

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And today's special is ..
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. - Lily Tomlin

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Posted by ernie at May 28, 2006 01:38 PM