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Your philtrum marks where your face fused together

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The philtrum, that little dent between your upper lip and nose, is utterly useless. It exists entirely because that is precisely where the distinct plates of your face violently crashed together and fused while you were developing in the dark.

Your philtrum marks where your face fused together
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