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    The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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    About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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    Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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