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In 
one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes. This amounts to approximately two 
kilograms in a year. 
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Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin 
cells. 
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Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap 
water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid. 
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 Forty-one percent of women apply body and hand moisturizer at 
least three times a day. Forty-one percent of women apply body and hand moisturizer at 
least three times a day.
 
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Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced. 
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The 
world record for the number of body piercing on one individual is 702, which is 
held by Canadian Brent Moffat. 
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The 
small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet 
long. 
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The 
human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours. 
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The 
human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries. 
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The 
aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a 
garden hose. 
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The 
adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily. 
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It 
is very common for babies in New Zealand to sleep on sheepskins. This is to help 
them gain weight faster, and retain their body heat. 
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An 
average women has 17 square feet of skin. When a women is in her ninth month of 
pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin. 
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The 
width of your armspan stretched out is the length of your whole body. 
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41% 
of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day. 
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A 
human's small intestine is 6 meters long. 
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There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a 
chimpanzee. You don't see all of them because most are too fine and light to be 
noticed. 
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Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced. 
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Dead 
cells in the body ultimately go to the kidneys for excretion. 
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By 
walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven 
pounds of body fat in an year. 
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The 
human body is 75% water. 
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We should never put anything in or near our 
eyes, unless we have a reason to use eye drops. We would only do that if our 
doctor or parent told us to use them.  
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Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. 
That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we 
will blink automatically.  
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Our body has some natural protection for our 
eyes. Our eyelashes help to keep dirt out of our eyes. Our eyebrows are made to 
keep sweat from running into our eyes.  
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Our eyes are very important to us, and we must 
protect them. We don't want dirt, sand, splinters or even fingers to get in our 
eyes. We don't want our eyes to get scratched or poked. That could damage our 
sight!  
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The study of the iris of the eye is called 
iridology.  
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The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, 
since its cornea is similar to a human cornea.  
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The number one cause of blindness in adults in 
the United States is diabetes.  
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The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 
grams.  
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The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of 
the gray.  
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The cornea is the only living tissue in the 
human body that does not contain any blood vessels.  
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The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the 
human eye.  
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Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring 
would improve their eyesight.  
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Research has indicated that a tie that is on too 
tight cam increase the risk of glaucoma in men.  
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People generally read 25% slower from a computer 
screen compared to paper.  
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Men are able to read fine print better than 
women can.  
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In the United States, approximately 25,000 eye 
injuries occur that result in the person becoming totally blind.  
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All babies are colour blind when they are born. 
 
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A human eyeball weighs an ounce.  
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If the lens in our eye doesn't work quite right, 
we can get glasses to help us see. Glasses have lenses in them that work with 
our eye's own lens to help us see better.  
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Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby 
is approximately six to eight weeks old.  
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The reason why your nose gets runny when you are 
crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose.  
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The most common injury caused by cosmetics is to 
the eye by a mascara wand.  
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Some people start to sneeze if they are exposed 
to sunlight or have a light shined into their eye.  
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The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km 
per hour.  
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It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 
 
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The space between your eyebrows is called the 
Glabella.  
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Inside our eye, at the back, is a part called 
the "retina." On the retina are cells called "rods" and "cones." These rods and 
cones help us to see colors and light.  
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Just behind the pupil is a lens. It is round and 
flat. It is thicker toward the middle.  
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Over the front of our eye is a clear covering 
called the "conjunctiva."  
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The white part of our eye is called the 
"sclera." At the front, the sclera becomes clear and is called the "cornea." 
 
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Around the pupil is a colored muscle called the 
"iris." Our eyes may be BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, GRAY OR BLACK, because that is the 
color of the iris.  
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Our eyes have many parts. The black part on the 
front of our eye is called the "pupil." It is really a little hole that opens 
into the back part of our eyes.  
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Your eyes blinks over 10,000,000 times a year! 
 
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On average, a man spends about five months of 
his life shaving.  
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On average, a hair strand's life span is five 
and a half years.  
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On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People 
with black hair have about 110,000 hairs.  
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Next to bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing 
tissue in the human body.  
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In a lifetime, an average man will shave 20,000 
times.  
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Humans have about the same number of hair 
follicles as a chimpanzee has.  
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Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on 
a crash diet.  
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The average human head weighs about eight 
pounds.  
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The reason why some people get a cowlick is 
because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair 
to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle.  
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The reason why hair turns gray as we age is 
because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is 
responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour.  
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The big toe is the foot reflexology pressure 
point for the head.  
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The loss of eyelashes is referred to as 
madarosis.  
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The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet, 
held by Hans N. Langseth who was born in Norway in 1846.  
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The fastest growing tissue in the human body is 
hair.  
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The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.  
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Hair and fingernails are made from the same 
substance, keratin.  
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Hair is made from the same substance as 
fingernails.  
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Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it 
sheds.  
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The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that 
was used for drying hair.  
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A Russian man who wore a beard during the time 
of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.  
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Everyday approximately 35 meters of hair fiber 
is produced on the scalp of an adult.  
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Brylcreem, which was created in 1929, was the 
first man's hair product.  
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Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial 
hair was an indication of personal neglect.  
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A survey done by Clairol 10 years ago came up 
with 46% of men stating that it was okay to color their hair. Now 66% of men 
admit to coloring their hair.  
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A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 
days.  
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People that use mobile phones are 2.5 time more likely to develop 
cancer in areas of the brain that are adjacent to the ear they use to talk on 
the mobile phone. 
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Over 
90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress. 
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Over 
436,000 U.S. Troops were exposed to depleted uranium during the first Gulf 
war. 
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On 
average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female. 
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Many 
cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some 
when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different colour, or be curly or 
straight. 
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Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., 
accounting for about 180,000 deaths per year. 
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Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by 
excessive use of alcohol. 
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A 
popular superstition is that if you put a piece of bread in a baby's crib, it 
will keep away diseases. 
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A 
person that is struck by lightning has a greater chance of developing motor 
neurons disease. 
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Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung 
cancer. 
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Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. 
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Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of 
eighteen. 
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Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast 
cancer. 
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Due 
to eating habits in the USA, one in three children born in the year 2000 have a 
chance of getting type II diabetes. 
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The 
oldest known disease in the world is leprosy. 
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The 
number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats. 
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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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A 
headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries. 
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The 
incidents of immune system diseases has increased over 200% in the last five 
years. 
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The 
flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people. 
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Each 
year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to 
obesity. 
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Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining. 
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The 
first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer. 
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Soldiers disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War 
produced over 400,000 morphine addicts. 
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by ticks. 
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A 
person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both 
hands and feet. 
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A 
study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years 
earlier than non-smokers. 
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A 
person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth 
every ten years. 
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Lady 
Peseshet is known to be the world's first known female physician. She practiced 
during the time of the pyramids, which was the fourth dynasty. 
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The 
DNA of humans is closer to a rat than a cat. 
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Teenage suicide is the second cause of death in the state of 
Wisconsin. 
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Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 
and 1998. 
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Studies indicate that weightlifters working out in blue gyms can 
handle heavier weights. 
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Studies indicate that listening to music is good for 
digestion. 
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Studies indicate that epileptic patients that listen to Mozart's 
Piano Sonata can dramatically decrease their chance of a seizure. 
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Lack 
of sleep can affect your immune system and reduce your ability to fight 
infections. 
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It 
takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach. 
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Over 
40 million Americans have chronic bad breath. 
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Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes. 
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Fourteen people die each day from asthma in the United States. 
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Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of 
hydrochloric acid. 
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Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout.In 
humans, the epidermal layer of skin, which consists of many layers of skin 
regenerates every 27 days. 
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Native Americans used to use pumpkin seeds for medicine. 
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In 
ancient Egypt, doctors used jolts from the electric catfish to reduce the pain 
of arthritis. 
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The 
lining of the a person's stomach is replaced every 36 hours. 
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The 
purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or 
breathed in. 
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In 
the United States, poisoning is the fourth leading cause of death among 
children. 
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The 
risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly 
compared to women who do not snore. 
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The 
stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material. 
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The 
stomach can break down goat's milk faster than the milk of a cow. 
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The 
smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of 
carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases. 
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It 
has been medically been proven that laughter is an effective pain killer. 
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Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918. 
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In a 
year, there are 60,000 trampoline injuries that occur in the U.S. 
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Even 
if you eat food standing on your head, the food will still end up in your 
stomach. 
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A 
person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery. 
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3000 
children die every day in Africa because of 
malaria.  
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There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse 
each day.  
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The 
sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down 
thirty percent.
 An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length 
and is one inch in diameter.
 
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Men 
sweat more than women. This is because women can better regulate the amount of 
water they lose.  
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The 
average amount of time spent kissing for a person in a lifetime is 20,160 
minutes.  
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The 
average adult has approximately six pounds of skin.  
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Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.  
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In 
one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 liters of air.  
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The 
condom made originally of linen was invented in the early 1500's. Casanova, the 
womanizer, used linen condoms.  
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Sex 
burns about 70-120 calories for a 130 pound woman, and 77 to 155 calories for a 
170 pound man every hour.  
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Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states.  
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There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult. 
 
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Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra 
saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean.  
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During the female orgasm, endorphines are released, which are 
powerful painkillers. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex. 
 
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During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from 
being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.  
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According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most 
common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society.  
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A 
kiss for one minute can burn 
26.  
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The 
Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting.  
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The 
Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe.  
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Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better 
mental performance and make individuals feel more alert.  
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Some 
brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient 
in antifreeze.  
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Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can 
reduce flatulence caused by beans.  
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Scientists say that babies that are breastfed are more likely to 
be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.  
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Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may 
actually damage your immune system
 Research has indicated that approximately 
eleven minutes are cut off the life of an average male smoker from each 
cigarette smoked.
 
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People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they 
most often use their hand.  
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Over 
600,000 people died as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic.  
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Only 
one out of every three people wash their hands when leaving a public bathroom. 
 
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One 
ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day.  
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One 
out of 20 people have an extra rib.  
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One 
average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.  
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On 
average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the 
United States.  
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On 
average, a person has two million sweat glands.  
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On 
average, Americans spend 33% of their life sleeping.  
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On 
average a person passes gas 14 times a day.  
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On 
average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States 
daily.  
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Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 
feet per second.  
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Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 meters per second.  
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Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. 
English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went. 
 
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Men 
in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week.  
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Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow 
down tumor growth.  
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Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to 
sleepwalking.  
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Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 
years.  
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Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial 
judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.  
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Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike 
in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%.  
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In 
the United States, 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures 
were done in the year 2001.  
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People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with 
lighter skin.  
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People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing. 
 
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People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing 
kidney stones.  
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People that smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as a person that 
does not smoke.  
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People still cut the cheese shortly after death.  
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People over the age of fifty will start to lose their dislike for 
foods that taste bitter.  
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People of Ancient China believed that swinging your arms could 
cure a headache.  
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The 
average weight of a newborn baby is 7 lbs. 6 oz. For a triplet baby it is 3 lbs. 
12 oz.  
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The 
average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.  
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The 
average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes.  
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There are approximately one hundred million people in the United 
States that have a chronic illness.  
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There are approximately 60 muscles in the face.  
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There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females. 
 
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There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.  
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There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your 
hands at a desk.  
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In a 
lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva.  
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In a 
lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside 
a car.  
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In 
Canada, men are three times more likely than women to have seen a doctor in the 
last year.  
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In 
1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was 
opened.  
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Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten 
seconds.  
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Girls have more tastebud than boys.  
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From 
the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.  
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Flu 
shots only work about 70% of the time.  
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Gases that build up in your large intestine cause flatulence. It 
usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes for these gases to pass through your 
system.  
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Fat 
is important for the development of children and normal growth.  
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Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of snot.  
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Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet.  
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Air 
is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person 
sneezes.  
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About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are 
exposed to light.  
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A 
yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds.  
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Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher 
than children who are not.  
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Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season 
during the year.  
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Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as 
opposed to people who overeat chocolate or do not eat chocolate at all.  
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Constipation is caused when too much water is absorbed in the 
large intestine and poops become dry.  
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A 
ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had 
difficulty hearing.  
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The 
average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds.  
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The 
average person has at least seven dreams a night.  
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Bile 
produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green 
colour.  
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It 
takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile.  
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By 
the time you are 70 you will have easily drunk over 12,000 gallons of water. 
 
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A 
man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years. 
 
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The 
average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime. 
 
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The 
average person laughs about 15 times a day.  
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The 
vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.  
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About 10% of the world's population is left-handed.