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    The human brain is insensitive to pain.
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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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    The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
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    Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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    When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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