Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A.
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Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!
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If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown' toe nails.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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