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    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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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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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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    Exercise: Makes You More Productive and Happier All Day After Exercising
    Exercising makes you both more productive and happier for the rest of the day. Thanks to the release of brain chemicals, it improves your brain function and memory, and the positive effect lasts for the entire day.
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    About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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    A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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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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