The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
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Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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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 right lung takes in more air than the left.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Tap water in Canada is held to a higher health standard than bottled water.
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