Your liver makes bile; your gallbladder stores it.

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Made ≠ stored

Your liver makes bile; your gallbladder stores it.

The liver manufactures bile, while the gallbladder stores and concentrates it between meals. When food reaches the small intestine, bile helps the digestive system handle fats. Confusing production with storage obscures why someone can still digest food after gallbladder removal.

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Babies are born with about 300 bones, but adults have only 206.

Babies have more separate skeletal pieces than adults, often described as about 300 bones compared with the usual adult count of 206. The newborn number is approximate because developing bone and cartilage are not always counted the same way.

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You are about a centimeter taller in the morning than at night.

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