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    Oenophobia is the Fear of wines.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    The skin on your lips is 200 times more sensitive than your fingertips.
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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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    Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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    You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    There are 206 bones in the human body!
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