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    In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.
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    The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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    2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
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    Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
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    Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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    The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.
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