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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Appendix
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 17:51:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 17:51:58 1985
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> Oh, really? I have never of any function for the appendix!

Therefore it must not have one?

It has a function similar to that of the tonsils:  plays a role in the
immunological system.
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