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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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    You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
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    The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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    It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
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