Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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