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What is the Punching Bag in the Back of Our Throat and Is It What Makes Us Gag? | SiOWfa15: Science in Our World: Certainty and Controversy
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Your uvula is the dangly bit of flesh that hangs at the back of your throat, a body part that has prompted many to wonder, “Why is that
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