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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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    Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
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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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    The right lung takes in more air than the left.
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    A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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