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    You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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    The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
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    Sectoral Heterochromia
    Sectoral Heterochromia
    Sectoral heterochromia is an eye condition where one part of the iris appears different to the rest. It's generally a result of excessive pigment.
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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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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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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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