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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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    It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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    The human brain is insensitive to pain.
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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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    When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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