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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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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times.
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    If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
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    The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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