001 = Sizing Shoes and Selling Organs
A Problem Squared
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How to Buy and Sell a Kidney
I've got about 14 now. They all are from the same woman though. I buy them for two pound of tooth or five pound or a pint for a wisdom tooth. So it turns out you can make about 0.9 million pounds. Back in 99, someone on eBay tried to sell a kidney and it got up to 5.75 million before it got taken down by eBay. It's based on demand and... In short, we need to hurry up medical research to be able to grow new organs for people.
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