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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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    Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
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    The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
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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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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.
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    In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.
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