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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
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    A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
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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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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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