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Early Warning Birds, Ancient Fairy Tales, Breaks vs. Sprains

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How to Rebuild a Broken Bone

The smith and the devil is an ancient tale about a blacksmith who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to weld any materials together. Sprains, strains and ligament tears can take much longer to repair than a broken bone. It all comes down to what it takes to rebuild after an injury. Despite the dry, chalky skeletons you see in museums, bones are active, living tissue.

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