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TIL that astronauts can grow up to 2 inches taller in space because their spinal discs expand in microgravity.

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TIL that astronauts can grow up to 2 inches taller in space because their spinal discs expand in microgravity.

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Strange But True: Astronauts Get Taller in Space

It sounds strange, but astronauts in space actually get taller while living in weightlessness. A new NASA study is using ultrasound to measure how astronauts' spines change in space.

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