When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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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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Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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