{"id":107017,"date":"2016-09-17T18:57:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T02:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=107017"},"modified":"2016-09-17T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T02:57:16","slug":"big-headed-babies-are-brightest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=107017","title":{"rendered":"Big-headed babies are brightest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phrenology is real. 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