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04 January 2017
We get it, you already totally know you should exercise. But with family bags of Doritos that don't-eat-themselves and the world's imminent collapse, who wants to live forever?
Well it turns out there are much better reasons to exercise than living to 98 and becoming an alien-racist who asks your grandaughter, "What do you have to date one of them Martians for? I just think it's unnatural, is all."
There are, in fact, 21 other reasons, that Business Insider has handily collated into a nice little infographic. Check 'em out below.
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