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    Fast Facts: Jan. 13

    • A person burns seven percent more calories if he or she walks on hard dirt than pavement.

    • A woman’s sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.

    • About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.

    • About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.

    • Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories per hour.

    • Flu shots only work about 70 percent of the time.

    • In an average lifetime a person inhales about 44 pounds of dust.

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