There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
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On average, women have always lived longer than men.
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Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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