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    When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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    The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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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 Most Toxic Substance Currently Known Is Botox
    The most toxic substance known is botulinum toxin, otherwise known as Botox. One hundred nanograms is enough to kill a fully grown man; 1 kilogram would be enough to wipe out the entire human race.
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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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    ‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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    Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.
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