Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!
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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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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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Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
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Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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