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“To the casual observer, leg lengthening looks like a form of medieval torture, and earlier that day I watched as a physiotherapist gently lifted each of Frank’s new legs while he groaned with pain – straightening his hamstrings feels impossible, as if they might snap. He is in recovery from the first of two surgeries: this one broke his femurs to insert metal rods and add fixators. The second will remove the fixators after he has completed the key-turning process.” To some, travelling to Turkey to gain a few inches is a (very high) price worth paying. (Then when they fly home, they realize they can no longer sit comfortably in coach…)

+ “On June 14 of this year, Vitomir Maričić took one last gulp of pure oxygen and lay down in a pool. There he remained, cool as a sea cucumber, for 29 minutes and 3 seconds.”

+ Fuzzy the bear enjoys some ice cream at South Lake Tahoe shop.