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    In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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    If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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