If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
23
Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
38
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.
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There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
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The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
15
The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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