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    You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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    An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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    Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of the majority of Americans.
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