# A list of organs you can live without

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-organs-you-can-live-without/666179 "2013-08-14T02:04:25Z")\
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Anyone heard of the story of the prison lifer who liked to donate an organ of his yearly? One retina, a kidney, skin for grafting, bone marrow, etc. The warden put a stop to it when he observed the lifer was slowly getting out.

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