By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
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20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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Men get hiccups more often than women.
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Tap water in Canada is held to a higher health standard than bottled water.
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A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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