10 Things You Didn't Know About You (#3)


	10 Things You Didn't Know About You (#3)

DMCourt

6-2-2007 8:30 PM

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6-5-2007 3:57 PM

Caleythia

Is that what they were for? I was one of the lucky ones born without wisdom teeth (as was my father), a lovely evolutionary trait I hope to pass on to my future children.

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