Stuff You Should Know
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Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth
13 minutes Posted Apr 29, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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By all rights there should be three sets of molars in your mouth. But it turns out that our skulls aren’t really set up to accommodate that many anymore. Exactly why depends on who you ask.

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