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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    The human brain is insensitive to pain.
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    Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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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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    It is almost impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. It is a defense mechanism that has evolved to protect our eyes from bacteria and debris.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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