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A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.
All babies are color blind when they are born.
Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
Babies'eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.
Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.
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