Why do we have a belly button?
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Why do we have a belly button?
You have a little dimple right in the middle of your belly. Some people's poke in, some poke out, but everyone's got one. It's your belly button — the one scar every human being carries from their very first home.
Before you were born, you lived inside your mother's body for nine months. But here's the thing: you couldn't eat food or breathe air in there. Your lungs were full of fluid. Your stomach was empty. So how did you stay alive?
