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    Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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    Your spit has a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine. It contains a substance called opiorphin that is stronger than morphine.
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    In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
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    The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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    There are 206 bones in the human body!
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    Witzelsucht
    Witzelsucht
    There's a neurological condition called Witzelsucht, which causes the affected person to constantly make puns, jokes, and sexual comments in inappropriate situations.
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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