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Your small intestine is about 6 metres long — longer than a car!

Your small intestine is about 6 metres long — longer than a car!

It's coiled up neatly inside your belly. Its job is to soak up the goodness from your food, and its walls are folded and fuzzy to give a huge surface area for absorbing nutrients.

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