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Humans can survive without a stomach, spleen, one lung, and one kidney.

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People can live without a stomach (using surgical reconstructions), without a spleen (though infection risk rises), and with one lung or one kidney because the remaining organ can compensate. Survival depends on medical care, nutrition management, and infection prevention.

🤯 "Humans can survive without a stomach, spleen, one lung, and one kidney. The human body runs impressively well on partial redundancy."

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