Crying literally alleviates stress and uniquely allows humans to decrease feelings of anger and sadness.
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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
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Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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On average, women have always lived longer than men.
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