{"id":271,"date":"2006-11-17T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/17\/what-people-wont-do-for-stature\/"},"modified":"2010-11-23T00:43:33","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T05:43:33","slug":"what-people-wont-do-for-stature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/17\/what-people-wont-do-for-stature\/","title":{"rendered":"What people won&#8217;t do for stature"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>The newest self improving form of torture &#8211; <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* square 250x Oddplanet_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7033143591\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In October, health officials in China again warned citizens against the increasingly popular but seriously painful leg-stretching Ilizarov procedure. 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