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    Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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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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    A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
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    The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A.
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    A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.
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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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