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    You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
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    An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
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    The male fetus is capable of attaining an erection during the last trimester.
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    The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
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    Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.
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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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    Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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