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Interesting Factoids
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Between 60%-75% of an adult's body weight is water
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Breast-feeding triggers bone loss in areas prone to fractures later in life, such as the hip, wrist, and spine. But this lost bone is completely replaced with fresh, new bone within two years of having a baby.
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By 24 weeks the human fetus can suck its thumb so hard that blisters are raised
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Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
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Children who live with smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer later in life than children of non-smoking parents.
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Each person sheds 40lbs of skin in his or her lifetime.
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ED is a barometer of cardiovascular health.
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Every heartbeat pumps 1/15th of a pint of blood.
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Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
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Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.
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If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
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If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
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In a US survey, it was found that 71% of participants never raised the issue of ED with their doctors, because they thought they would dismiss sexual concerns. 68% feared the doctor would be embarrassed and 76% thought there would be no medical treatment available.
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Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
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Long term use of zinc lozenges for treating colds can temporarily suppress the immune system, just the opposite of what you want when fighting off a cold
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