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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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    If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown' toe nails.
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    A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
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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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    The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
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    About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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