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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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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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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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    Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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    While 7 men in 100 have some form of color blindness, only 1 woman in 1,000 suffers from it.
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    The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
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