A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
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Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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Vicks inhalers can cause you to test positive for Meth on drug tests.
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