The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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The right lung takes in more air than the left.
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The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
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A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
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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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