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    2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
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    Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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    10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day!
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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    Wearing tight pants can lead to impotence in men.
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