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  • Laughing 100 times uses the same energy as fi ft een minutes cycling. -> Laughing...
    Laughing 100 times is considered to use the same energy as fi ft een minutes cycling.
  • Most medicines will be printed by 3-D printers in the future. -> It ...
    It is widely agreed that most medicines will be printed by 3-D printers in the future.
  • By 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than fi ve years. -> It's....
    It is said that by 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than fi ve years.
  • Our life expectancy has increased more in the last fi ft y years than in the entire human existence. -> It is ...
    It is believed that our life expectancy has increased more in the last fi ft y years than in the entire human existence.
  • People consider Hippocrates of ancient Greece to be the father of western medicine. -> Hippocrates...
    Hippocrates of ancient Greece is widely agreed to be the father of western medicine.
  • People who run regularly live on average six years longer.  -> It has ....
    It has been suggested that people who run regularly live on average six years longer.
  • Two-thirds of all the people in the world who have ever lived to be 65 years old are still alive today. -> It's....
    It’s believed that two-thirds of all the people in the world who have ever lived to be 65 years old are still alive today.
  • Most people believe that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. -> Penicillin....
    Penicillin is considered to have been discovered by Alexander Fleming.
  • The pace of population ageing is much faster now than in the past. -> The place ...
    The pace of population ageing is believed to be much faster now than in the past.
  • In fi ft y years’ time, robots will take over the jobs of nurses and carers. -> In fifty years’ time, it...
    In fifty years’ time, it is expected that the jobs of nurses and carers will have been taken over by robots.
  • Humans spend a third of their life sleeping. -> It ...
    It has been calculated that a third of humans’ lives are spent sleeping.
  • Life expectancy in ancient Rome was 20–30 years.
    It is said that life expectancy in ancient Rome was 20–30 years.
  • Humans have become 50% heavier in the past 100 years than they have been throughout history. -> Humans are...
    Humans are understood to have become 50% heavier in the past 100 years than they have been throughout history.
  • There are more living things living on your skin than people on the planet. -> It has...
    It has been determined that there are more living things living on your skin than people on the planet.
  • The average person will walk the equivalent of four times around the world during his/her lifetime. -> The average
    The average person is considered to walk the equivalent of four times around the world during his/her lifetime.
  • You can survive for two months without eating, but you can only live eleven days without sleeping. -> People....
    People are known to be able to survive for two months without eating, but only eleven days without sleeping.
  • Women, partly because their immune systems, age more slowly. -> It's....
    It is proposed that women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly.
  • There is an agreement that countries have to start making provision to look aft er their ageing populations. -> It's....
    It is widely agreed that countries have to start making provision to look aft er their ageing populations.