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    The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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    Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
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    Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
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    Sex burns about 360 calories per hour.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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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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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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