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On average, a person has two million sweat glands. On average, Americans spend 33% of their life sleeping. On average a person passes gas 14 times a day. On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States daily. Nerve impulses for muscle position travel at a speed of up to 390 feet per second. Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 meters per second. Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went. Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week. Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth. Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking. Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years. Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals. Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%. In the United States, 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were done in the year 2001. People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin. |