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    Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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    Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal sized children.
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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 chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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    Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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    Smoking while pregnant increases the chances of spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) stillbirths and premature labor.
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    Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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