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    A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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    Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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    More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
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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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