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    Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
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    Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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    Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
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    Your skin is actually an organ.
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    Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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    10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
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