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    The whiter your tongue, the more germs there are on it.
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    Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    When you look up at the blue sky and see white dots flying around, you’re actually seeing your own white blood cells.
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    Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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    We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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    Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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    2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
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