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    Healthiest Place on Earth
    Healthiest Place on Earth
    Japan's Okinawa Island has more than 450 people living above the age of 100, and is known as the healthiest place on Earth.
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    ‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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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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    Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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    Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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    In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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