India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
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Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous.
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Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.
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35,000 people in the U.S. will die from the flu annually.
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The human brain is insensitive to pain.
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We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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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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Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A.
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