Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
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A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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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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Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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