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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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    Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.
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    During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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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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    Sitting straight upright in your chair is bad for your back. You should instead slouch at an angle of 135 degrees.
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    The smallest human penis ever recorded was just 5/8 of an inch long!
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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