Littler Me

It’s not your imagination—you probably are getting shorter as you get older

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A shrinking man goes to his doctor in dismay. He wails, “Doctor! Doctor! I’m getting smaller and smaller and smaller!!!” His doctor replies, “Now, now, I can’t fix things right away—you’ll just have to be a little patient.”

Old (bad) jokes aside, the pro...

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