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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
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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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    About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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    2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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    ‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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    If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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