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    When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too.
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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.
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    Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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    Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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    Exercise: Makes You More Productive and Happier All Day After Exercising
    Exercising makes you both more productive and happier for the rest of the day. Thanks to the release of brain chemicals, it improves your brain function and memory, and the positive effect lasts for the entire day.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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