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    Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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    By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
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    When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
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    A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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    A new parent will lose about 1055.6 hours of sleep in the first year of their child's life - almost 44 days!
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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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    Drinking banana milkshake is a perfect cure for hangover.
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