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    The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
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    Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
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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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