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The cervix operates like an exclusive bouncer at a terrible biological nightclub. It stays tightly locked down most of the time to fiercely block out…
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The biological ticking clock starts on day one. A female infant arrives fully pre-loaded with a massive lifetime supply of millions of gametes, which slowly…
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You had your unique criminal identification ready to go before you even had functioning lungs. The swirling ridges on your fingertips are formed around the…
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Operating on absurd levels of biological overkill, the male reproductive system churns out a completely unnecessary amount of swimmers every single day,…
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