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    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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    Cuddling (or other ‘love’ acts) helps to heal physical wounds faster due to the release of Oxytocin which is proven to reduce swelling.
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    Putting sugar on a wound or cut will greatly reduce pain and speed up the healing process.
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    A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
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    There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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    The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
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    You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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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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