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    Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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    An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
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    Exercise: Makes You More Productive and Happier All Day After Exercising
    Exercising makes you both more productive and happier for the rest of the day. Thanks to the release of brain chemicals, it improves your brain function and memory, and the positive effect lasts for the entire day.
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    Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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    The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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    One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
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