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    Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
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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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    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    You can alleviate a tickly throat by scratching your ear.
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    Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
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    Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.
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    Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
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