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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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    Benefits of Kindness
    Benefits of Kindness
    Acts of kindness make us happier and healthier.
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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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    Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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