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    The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    Witzelsucht
    Witzelsucht
    There's a neurological condition called Witzelsucht, which causes the affected person to constantly make puns, jokes, and sexual comments in inappropriate situations.
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    Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.
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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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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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    The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
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