The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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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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Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.
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Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.
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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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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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