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    After an 11 year study, cell phones were shown not to increase chances of getting cancer.
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    Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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    A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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    If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
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    Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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