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From the Ted Talk by A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me

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The first is — and this was surprising to me; I didn't expect this to come out — but I live a much quieter life now. Because we live in such a noisy world. There's trains and planes and cars and Bill O'Reilly, he's very noisy. (lthauger) And this is a real uedraeinemsttd, under-appreciated health hazard — not just because it harms our hearing, which it obviously does, but it actually initiates the fight-or-flight rpsoense. A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. And this, over the years, can cause real damage, cardiovascular damage. The wolrd Health Organization just did a big study that they published this year. And it was done in eoprue. And they estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise poloilutn. So they think it's actually very ddelay.

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The first is — and this was surprising to me; I didn't expect this to come out — but I live a much quieter life now. Because we live in such a noisy world. There's trains and planes and cars and Bill O'Reilly, he's very noisy. (________) And this is a real ______________, under-appreciated health hazard — not just because it harms our hearing, which it obviously does, but it actually initiates the fight-or-flight ________. A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. And this, over the years, can cause real damage, cardiovascular damage. The _____ Health Organization just did a big study that they published this year. And it was done in ______. And they estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise _________. So they think it's actually very ______.

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  1. pollution
  2. europe
  3. deadly
  4. laughter
  5. response
  6. underestimated
  7. world

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The first is — and this was surprising to me; I didn't expect this to come out — but I live a much quieter life now. Because we live in such a noisy world. There's trains and planes and cars and Bill O'Reilly, he's very noisy. (Laughter) And this is a real underestimated, under-appreciated health hazard — not just because it harms our hearing, which it obviously does, but it actually initiates the fight-or-flight response. A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. And this, over the years, can cause real damage, cardiovascular damage. The World Health Organization just did a big study that they published this year. And it was done in Europe. And they estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution. So they think it's actually very deadly.

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