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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
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    We blink 25 times a minute.
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    Vaccines contain formaldehyde, ethylene glycol (antifreeze), phenol (disinfectant / pesticide), and aluminum.
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    The human brain is insensitive to pain.
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    Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous.
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    The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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