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almost, but not exact; or similar
- By cell count, humans are approximately 50 percent microbial, meaning that about half of the cells that make you up are not yours at all.p. 3.6
- The mp (missing person) was fifty-three, male, gray haired, blue eyed, with a tattoo reading Nolite te bastardes carborundorum ("Don't let the bastards get you down," apparently) on his left shoulder blade, three small surgical scars in his abdomen from a gallbladder removal, six feet in height, approximately 220 pounds, last seen wearing his standard sleeping attire: a horizontally striped navy-and-white nightshirt and light-blue boxer shorts.p. 74.1
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