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    20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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    Women buy four out of every 10 condoms sold.
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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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    The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
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    Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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    Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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    Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.
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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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