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    The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    While 7 men in 100 have some form of color blindness, only 1 woman in 1,000 suffers from it.
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    Curvy Hips
    Curvy Hips
    According to studies, curvy hips indicate smart women who are more likely to deliver intelligent children.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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