‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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