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    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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    About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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    Benefits of Kindness
    Benefits of Kindness
    Acts of kindness make us happier and healthier.
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    Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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    Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.
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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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    By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
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    A new parent will lose about 1055.6 hours of sleep in the first year of their child's life - almost 44 days!
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