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    Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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    A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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    One or two alcohol drinks a day can be anti-inflammatory.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
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    The male fetus is capable of attaining an erection during the last trimester.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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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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