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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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    Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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    The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
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    Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne.
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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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