Health Facts
Regularly updated list of health and body facts. Learn things about your body and health that you didn't know. Featuring a range of topics, including the human body, medical science, and psychology.
Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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Ten seconds of hugging a day increases levels of oxytocin, which can reduce blood pressure, thus cutting the risk of heart disease.
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Some people have a "natural alarm clock" allowing them to wake up when they want. This is actually caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.
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Crying literally alleviates stress and uniquely allows humans to decrease feelings of anger and sadness.
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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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Cuddling (or other ‘love’ acts) helps to heal physical wounds faster due to the release of Oxytocin which is proven to reduce swelling.
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Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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If you stop working out, it takes twice as long to lose strength than it took to gain it.
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Your spit has a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine. It contains a substance called opiorphin that is stronger than morphine.
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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People who sleep late have more mental stamina and can outperform early risers.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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You can alleviate a tickly throat by scratching your ear.
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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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Those who get out of bed by 7am are more likely to be thinner and happier.
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Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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