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    Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
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    Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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    If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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    When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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    The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.
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    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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