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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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    20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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    Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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    The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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    The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
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