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    Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second!
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    There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.
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    Crying literally alleviates stress and uniquely allows humans to decrease feelings of anger and sadness.
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    More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
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    Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
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