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    Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08!
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    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    ‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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    Sperm Made Every Heartbeat
    Sperm Made Every Heartbeat
    The human testicles can produce 1,500 sperm during every heartbeat.
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    Sectoral Heterochromia
    Sectoral Heterochromia
    Sectoral heterochromia is an eye condition where one part of the iris appears different to the rest. It's generally a result of excessive pigment.
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    More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
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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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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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