When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
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Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of the majority of Americans.
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Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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