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    A study in the UK states that men need at least two "guys nights out" each week to stay healthy.
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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
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    Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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    A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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