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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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    We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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    The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
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    Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    Sex burns about 360 calories per hour.
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    A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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