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The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Though Candida and Aspergillus species are the most common fungal pathogens causing invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised, infections due to previously uncommon hyaline and dematiaceous filamentous fungi are occurring more often today. Rare fungal infections, once accurately diagnosed, may require surgical debridement, immunotherapy, and newer antifungals used singly or in combination with older antifungals, on a case-by-case basis.