Why do people get shorter when they’re older?
In: Biology
Well there’s a few reasons, the main one is that when people get older, stuff kind of just wears out, like a machine. There’s a bit of material between all of our bones called cartilage that works like a cushion, when people get older the cushion wears down a bit and could make someone a tiny bit shorter. When you think about how many bones there are in your back though, it can make people noticeably shorter.
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