"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!
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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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About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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