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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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    40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
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    Laughing could dramatically improve your health – and be as good for you as a deep state of meditation, researchers have found.
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    A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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    Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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    You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
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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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