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    Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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    Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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    You can reschedule your sleeping pattern by not eating 12-16 hours before you want to be awake. Upon eating after this time period, your internal clock will reset to a new day, with the time of your first meal being interpreted as "morning".
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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    A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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