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    The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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    The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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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 focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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    When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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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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    Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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