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    Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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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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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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    Exercise: Makes You More Productive and Happier All Day After Exercising
    Exercising makes you both more productive and happier for the rest of the day. Thanks to the release of brain chemicals, it improves your brain function and memory, and the positive effect lasts for the entire day.
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    Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
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    The smallest human penis ever recorded was just 5/8 of an inch long!
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    Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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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