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• [Health fact 1] Giving regular blood donations can burn 650 calories each time leading to weight loss and it also reduces your risk of both heart disease and cancer. But it should not be thought of as a weight loss plan by any means.

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• [Health fact 2] The most prized delicacy in Ethiopia is raw meat. Ox is the most common meat consumed raw but the more expensive goat is gaining momentum. Despite official health warnings, Ethiopians still prefer to buy their animals live and slaughter them at home.

  Countries, Food, Healthsource

• [Health fact 3] There is something called sleep debt and if you do not reduce the debt you can experience worsened vision, impaired driving, and trouble remembering. Long-term effects include obesity, insulin resistance, and heart disease.

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• [Health fact 4] Infants are grouchy around 6-9 months because their hormones spike to pubertal levels. This period is referred to as “mini puberty.” Hormones then drop back to normal until the age pre-teens go through ‘real’ puberty.

  Health, Peoplesource

• [Health fact 5] The word “assassin” derives from “hashish”, referring to Nizari Ismailis, who operated out of Lebanon. They were a medieval sect of fanatical Muslims who only answered to a leader known as the “Old Man of the Mountains.” They had a penchant for covertly murdering many leaders of opposing forces after consuming large quantities of hashish. Hashishin (or “pot addict”) was a derogatory term applied to this sect by their enemies, as marijuana is outlawed under Islam.

  Health, Languagesource

• [Health fact 6] The insulin pumps used by at least 350,000 Americans with diabetes were invented as a direct result of some of the earliest NASA technology from the Apollo program.

  Health, Miscsource

• [Health fact 7] The Florida panhandle once accounted for 2/3 of lost limb claims in the U.S. due to the common practice of taking out multiple insurance policies and then maiming oneself.

  Health, Placessource

• [Health fact 8] One of the dangers of working in a try-works (a furnace in the whaling industry) is that a rotting pregnant whale could fill with gas and burst, ejecting a fetus the size of a motor vehicle with sufficient force to kill a man.

  Animals, Death, Healthsource

• [Health fact 9] The kryptonite ring is worn by Lex Luthor eventually gave him cancer and his right hand had to be amputated.

  Comics, Dc, Healthsource

• [Health fact 10] Shaving your pubic hair increases the risk for STD’s because shaving causes many fine cuts in the skin near your genitals, giving more access points for viruses and bacteria to enter your system.

  Health, Humanbodysource

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