Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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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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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
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In Japan, condoms are commonly sold 'door to door'!
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The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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