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    Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of the majority of Americans.
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    The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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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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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
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    Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!
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    Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
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