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    By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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    The male fetus is capable of attaining an erection during the last trimester.
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    Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans!
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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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    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal sized children.
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