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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Those who get out of bed by 7am are more likely to be thinner and happier.
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The human brain is insensitive to pain.
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During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times.
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During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.
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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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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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