When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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After an 11 year study, cell phones were shown not to increase chances of getting cancer.
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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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2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
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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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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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