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    Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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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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    The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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    About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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    The lense of the eye continues to grow throughout a person's life.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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