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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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