In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
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Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
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We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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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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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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