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    Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
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    Your spit has a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine. It contains a substance called opiorphin that is stronger than morphine.
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    India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
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    The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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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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    10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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