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    Video Games Boost Ability to Learn Motor Skills
    Playing video games like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed can boost your ability to learn motor skills.
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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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    One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!
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    Those who get out of bed by 7am are more likely to be thinner and happier.
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    Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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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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    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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    You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
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