Medical

Bizarre Fact #51:

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If you squeezed out all of the bacteria from your intestines, you could almost fill up a coffee mug.

Bizarre Fact #52:

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In 1815 French chemist Michael Eugene Chevreul realized the first link between diabetes and sugar metabolism when he discovered that the urine of a diabetic was identical to grape sugar.

Bizarre Fact #53:

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In 1918 and 1919, a world epidemic of simple influenza killed 20 million people in the United States and Europe.

Bizarre Fact #54:

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In 1972, a group of scientists reported that you could cure the common cold by freezing the big toe.

Bizarre Fact #55:

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In 1977, a 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot.

Bizarre Fact #56:

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In 1990, a 64-year old Hartsville, Tennessee, woman entered a hospital for surgery for what doctors diagnosed as a tumor on her buttocks. What surgeons found, however, was a four-inch pork chop bone, which they removed. They estimated that it had been in place for five to ten years. The woman could not remember sitting on it, or eating it for that matter.

Bizarre Fact #57:

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In Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in the late 50's thru early 70's, there was a dentist named Dunat Yelle.

Bizarre Fact #58:

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It only takes 7 lbs of pressure to rip off your ears.

Bizarre Fact #59:

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It takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.

Bizarre Fact #60:

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Lacrimal fluid lubricates the eyes.