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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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