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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    Your skin is actually an organ.
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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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    Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.
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    One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
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    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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    The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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