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• [Health fact 1] A major cause of human rabies deaths in India is faith healing as people believe that they've been impregnated by puppies after being bitten by a dog and consult a healer instead of a doctor before it's too late. This mass hysteria is called Puppy pregnancy syndrome.

  Animals, Healthsource

• [Health fact 2] People with “baby faces” tend to live longer healthier lives than those who look their age.

  Health, Miscsource

• [Health fact 3] Toilets in ancient Rome were bad enough to warrant prayers to the Gods of fortune written on the walls. Problems included bursts of flame from the methane buildup, and biting creatures emerging from below.

  Health, Historysource

• [Health fact 4] Jerusalem Syndrome is an intense religious psychosis that is triggered when a person who seems previously balanced and devoid of any signs of psychopathology becomes psychotic after arriving in Jerusalem. It is not endemic to one single religion or denomination but has affected Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. An affected person may believe himself to be the coming of the Messiah or the second coming of Christ. This psychosis resolves to full recovery after leaving Jerusalem.

  Health, Humanbodysource

• [Health fact 5] At his prime, champion cyclist Miguel Indurain had a resting heart rate of just 28 beats per minute. The heart rate of an average human is 60-90 beats per minute. His blood took seven liters of oxygen around his body per minute, compared to 3–4 liters for an ordinary person and 5–6 liters for fellow riders. His cardiac output was 50 liters a minute; a fit amateur cyclist's is about 25 liters. Indurain's lung capacity was 7.8 liters, compared to an average of 6 liters. His resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM, compared to an average 60–72 bpm, which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough mountain stages.

  Health, Humanbody, People, Sportssource

• [Health fact 6] Marilyn Monroe rarely bathed, slept in the nude and ate a lot in bed, and shoved what was left on her plate under the sheets before going to sleep.

  Actors, Healthsource

• [Health fact 7] Restaurants often serve a fish called Escolar, disguised to be Tuna on the menu. Eating too much of this fish, more than 6 ounces, will cause explosive, oily, uncontrollable orange diarrhea. Accidents can also happen while passing gas.

  Food, Healthsource

• [Health fact 8] Coca-Cola has a medical application. It is sometimes used for the treatment of gastric phytobezoars (trapped mass in the gastrointestinal system). In about 50% of cases studied, Coca-Cola alone was found to be effective in gastric phytobezoar dissolution.

  Beverages, Healthsource

• [Health fact 9] A 3-year-old girl named Emma Bazzard from Bristol was awarded for bravery after successfully calling and informing emergency services that her pregnant mother had an accident and was unconscious. Remaining calm through the whole affair she gave them the address, checked if she was breathing and where she got hurt.

  Health, Peoplesource

• [Health fact 10] The first documented cases of cancer were found on papyrus manuscripts in Egypt dating back to 3000 BC. In these manuscripts, 8 cases of breast tumors are mentioned that were removed by cauterization with a tool called the fire drill. The writing says about the disease, “There is no treatment.”

  Health, Historysource

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