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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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
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