001 = Sizing Shoes and Selling Organs
A Problem Squared
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Can You Sell Body Parts?
In 2011, a Chinese boy sold his kidney for 20,000 newen - what an iPad cost. You can sell your blood or plasma for about 11 pounds a pop in the UK and up to five pounds on Wigs UK. In the U.S., you can make up to 600 US dollars a month by donating sperm over there. If you have a womb, you can be a surrogate mother that can pay up to 40 grand. There are people with certain conditions that need fecal transplants because their gut doesn't have the bacteria needed to break down food.
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