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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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    Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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    According to one report, it would take 800 marijuana joints to kill a person - but the cause of death would be carbon monoxide poisoning.
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    Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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