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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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    Tap water in Canada is held to a higher health standard than bottled water.
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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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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    We blink 25 times a minute.
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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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    Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
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