stackyFACTSYour body aggressively rejects almost every foreign object, except for titanium. Through a freak process called osseointegration, human bone cells will readily grow right onto a titanium surface as if it were natural bone. This is extremely convenient for modern medicine, allowing us to seamlessly bolt cyborg joints into humans.
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