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    The right lung takes in more air than the left.
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    Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.
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    Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.
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    Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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    Cuddling (or other ‘love’ acts) helps to heal physical wounds faster due to the release of Oxytocin which is proven to reduce swelling.
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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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    Sex burns about 360 calories per hour.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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