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    Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A.
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    Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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    Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
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    Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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