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    Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.
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    Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.
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    A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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    About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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