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    India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
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    The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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    The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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    Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
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    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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