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    You have no sense of smell when you're sleeping!
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    ‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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    A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too.
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