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    The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
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    Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
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    About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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    The Most Toxic Substance Currently Known Is Botox
    The most toxic substance known is botulinum toxin, otherwise known as Botox. One hundred nanograms is enough to kill a fully grown man; 1 kilogram would be enough to wipe out the entire human race.
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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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    All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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    Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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    40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
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