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    From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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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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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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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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