Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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It has been shown that caffeine causes headaches when stopped suddenly and can cause morning headaches that are relieved by a dose of caffeine.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
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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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‘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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