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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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    Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.
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    Sex burns about 360 calories per hour.
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    It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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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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    Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
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    When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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