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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    Smoking while pregnant increases the chances of spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) stillbirths and premature labor.
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    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    ‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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    About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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    Sitting straight upright in your chair is bad for your back. You should instead slouch at an angle of 135 degrees.
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