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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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    Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.
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    Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
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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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    Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
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    A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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