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    Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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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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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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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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