The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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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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When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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Some people have a "natural alarm clock" allowing them to wake up when they want. This is actually caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.
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Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
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