The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose.
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Women buy four out of every 10 condoms sold.
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If you stop working out, it takes twice as long to lose strength than it took to gain it.
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10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.
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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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