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    By weight, Bone is five times stronger than steel.
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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    Some people have a "natural alarm clock" allowing them to wake up when they want. This is actually caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.
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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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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.
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    In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
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