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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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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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    The skin on your lips is 200 times more sensitive than your fingertips.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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    In the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust.
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    Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent 'in-grown' toe nails.
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