- English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - 41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A fetus that is four months old, will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother's stomach.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The average weight of a newborn baby is 7 lbs. 6 oz. For a triplet baby it is 3 lbs. 12 oz.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - When the body is resting, it takes in about 10 litres of air every minute.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - There are approximately 60 muscles in the face.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in Europe.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose.
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(Added: Tue Jan 24 2006) - People whose mouth has a narrow roof are more likely to snore. This is because they have less oxygen going through their nose.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose.
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998.
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(Added: Sun Jan 22 2006) - People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - The longer infants from low-income families are breast-fed, the less likely they will be overweight as young children.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes
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