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    Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
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    It is almost impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. It is a defense mechanism that has evolved to protect our eyes from bacteria and debris.
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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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    In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.
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    Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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    Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.
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