If you unfolded your brain, it would cover an ironing board.
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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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Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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